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Free Online English Quiz : PART 16 | READING COMPREHENSION

Free Online English Quiz : PART 16 | READING COMPREHENSION Sheela and Jairam were a poor old couple. Their only  possession  was a cow. Once, Jairam fell very sick. Soon all their money was used up in buying medicines and they realised that they would have to sell their cow in order to bear the rest of the expenses. Sheela decided to go to the market and sell the cow. She set off, leading the cow by a rope. On the way, she met four young men. They were the local bullies who enjoyed teasing and tormenting old people. When they saw old Sheela with her cow, they decided to play a trick. One of them sneaked up behind her, untied the cow and tied a goat in its place. Sheela had been walking immersed in thought, worried about Jairam. Suddenly she heard a goat bleating behind her. She turned around and was surprised to see that her cow had  vanished . She was leading a goat to the market. The four bullies came up to her and said, “There is magic in the air these days. See, it turned