Answer:
1) I love reading, <u>don't I </u>?
2) Everyone loves Curious George Books, <u>don't they </u>?
3) You have never been to Venice, <u>have you</u>?
4) He never says a word, <u>does he</u>?
The story is basically saying that we can learn from our elders, because they have been around longer and have more experience than us.
You can see this when it says "the tree is older than you are...you might find stories in its branches".
1590–1600; sput- (variant of spout) + er cognate with Dutch sputteren
I know this may start controversy but it's not oppressed if they don't know they're oppressed. But if being abused then let them free yes, but on the terms of being oppressed then no.
A is the correct answer to the meaning of life.
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