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  From S. Ashwin, S.R. No. 80476, Thoothukudi.   18 March, 2022.   To HRM, Regional Office, Tamilnadu Grama Bank, Thoothukudi.   Sir, Sub: Reply to the declining of leave and requisition for sanction of the same – Reg. With reference and reply to the letter dated 17/03/2022 stating the declining of my leave requisition, I write this letter.                 The reason for my leave requisition is genuine and I am suffering from severe back pain. I am advised by a doctor not to travel so as to cure the ailment. I have attached doctor certificate to substantiate my cause. I humbly request you to consider my health issue and sanction the leave which I have requested.   Thank you,   Yours truly, S. Ashwin.

  "From A Railway Carriage"                          - Robert Louis Stevenson Answer the following questions. 1. What does ‘charges along like troops in a battle’ mean? The phrase ‘charges along like troops in a battle’ means when the train moves fast it seems like the sudden attack of soldiers at the enemies in the battlefield.   2. What word could best replace ‘charges’ in the poem - marches, rushes or pushes? “Rushes” could be the best word to replace the word “charges”   3. Why does the child clamber and scramble? The child clambers and scrambles to pick berries from the bushes   Think and Write. (Paragraph answers)   Write a paragraph about 50 words describing the scenes that the poet passed by. The poet passed by the bridges, houses, hedges and ditches, meadows, hills and plains. He had a glimpse of painted railway stations. He noticed a child climbing and gathering berries. He also saw a homeless person and some were making garland with daisies.

  "From A Railway Carriage"                         - Robert Louis Stevenson Read the lines and answer the questions given below.   1. Faster than fairies, faster than witches,   Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;   a.      What is faster than fairies and witches? The train is faster than fairies and witches.   b.      Why does the poet mention ‘bridges and houses, hedges and ditches’? Where are they? The poet mentions them because we can see them during the travel by train. They are on the way of journey.   2. Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,        All by himself and gathering brambles;   a.     Where do you think the child is? The child is in a place with plants and bushes   b.     What does ‘gathering brambles’ mean? ‘Gathering brambles’ means collecting berries     3. And ever again, in the wink of an eye,        Painted stations whistle by.   a.     ‘In the wink of an eye’ means very quickly. Explain ‘paint