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Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?
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In the story, ‘I’ refers to the narrator of the story Hari Singh, who was a fifteen-year-old thief.
NCERT · Class 10 · English
Chapter 2: The Thief’s Story
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What is he “a fairly successful hand” at?
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He is “a fairly successful hand” at stealing and robbing people. By this, he meant that he was an experienced thief who was very swift and adept in his work while robbing people without getting caught.
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What does he get from Anil in return for his work?
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When Hari approached Anil for work, Anil told him clearly that he could not pay him for it. So, he asked Hari to cook so that he could feed him and stay with him. But when he found out that the young boy didn’t know how to cook, he taught him to cook and how to write his name. Anil also promised to teach him to write whole sentences and calculate numbers. Besides, Anil also gave money to Hari to buy the daily supplies, and the latter would make a rupee profit a day from it.