from poem the guest house
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Explanation:
"He has been coming here every day for
the past week, and it's time he found another house
to beg from!" Paati explained to Tapi.
Mridu and Meena followed Ravi out. The
beggar was already in the garden, making himself
quite at home. He had spread his upper cloth
under the neer tree, and was leaning against its
trunk, apparently prepared to take a little snooze
while he waited for the alms to appear. "Go away!"
said Ravi sternly. "My Paati says it's time you
found another house to beg from!"
The beggar opened his eyes very wide and
gazed at each of the children one by one. "The
ladies of this house,” he said, at last, in a voice
choked with feeling, "are very kind souls. I have
kept my body and soul together on their
generosity for a whole week. I cannot believe that
they would turn me away." He raised his voice.
"Amma! Amma-oh!” Sad his wail might be, but it
certainly wasn't feeble. It began in a deep, strong
rumble somewhere in his withered belly, and came
booming out of his mouth, with its few remaining
teeth stained brown with betel-chewing.
"Ravi, tell him there's nothing left in the
kitchen!" called Rukku Manni. "And he's not to
come again-tell him that!” She sounded fed up.
Ravi didn't have to repeat it all to the beggar.
What his mother said had been easy for them all
to hear, there under the neem tree. The beggar
sat up and sighed.
"I'll go, I'll go!" he said wearily. "Only let me have
a rest here under this tree. The sun is so hot, the tar
has melted on the road. My feet are already