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1. 1.

   Imagine you love writing or drawing, but don't have enough paper or any electric device. How will you manage?
2. 2.

   How do you think Bond had felt at that time? Would he feel any different while remembering and writing about the incident?

3. 3.

   Why does Bond say this?
4. 4.

   If you earned some extra pocket-money, what would you do with it?
5. 5.

   In the last line, Bond sounds respectful / sympathetic / mischievous.
6. 6.

   Complete this table.

   story/ stories by Bond	details
   1. a. about __________________ __________________	b. based on a __________________ and written with __________________ on the back of envelope in the middle of the night
   2. a. __________________	b. written while at __________________ on __________________ and flushed down the toilet by a friend
   3. a. The Great _________ _________	b. based on a real contest at __________________ in 1956 in which Bond came second to his friend __________________, published in The Tribune
   4. a. __________________	b. about a promise−that was never kept−to go fishing with a boy
   5. stories rejected by other publishers	b. published in __________________, __________________ rupees for every piece
   6. a. writing collected in a __________________ book	b. pages of the book used to make __________________