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08: The Blue Bead by Norah Burke
- #5Why couldn't Sibia skip during her return journey?Ans : Sibia was a child-woman but she had the heart of a child. She was not bothered by the thoughts of an agent sitting on silk cushions or smoking hookah. She, with her mother and other women, toiled all through the day. She skipped along with her sickle and homemade hayfork beside her mother. But on the way back home she couldn't skip due to excessive tiredness when the back ached and had a great load to carry.