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Complete the cause and effect table given below based on Part I of the story. Share your answers with your classmates and teacher.

The morning papers arrived late in the day and weekly magazines came one day late.

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The grandmother, Krishtakka, never went to school.

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The narrator read the story Kashi Yatre aloud to her grandmother every week.

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People eagerly waited for the bus to bring newspapers and magazines.

She could not read or write.

She was deeply interested in the story and discussed it with her friends.

Complete the cause and effect table given below based on Part I of the story. Share your answers with your classmates and teacher.

The narrator went to a wedding for a week.

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In those days, people did not consider education necessary for girls.

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The grandmother regretted not going to school.

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The grandmother could not read the next episode of Kashi Yatre and felt helpless.

The grandmother never went to school.

She decided to learn the Kannada alphabet and become independent.

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The grandmother wanted to learn the Kannada alphabet to gain independence.

The grandmother asked someone in the village to read Kashi Yatre to her while the narrator was away.

The narrator was the grandmother’s first teacher and taught her how to read Kannada.

The grandmother believed that there was no age limit for learning.

The grandmother touched the narrator’s feet as a mark of respect for her as a teacher.

The narrator was disappointed with the progress her grandmother made in learning to read.