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Good writing requires good sentences!
Because his daughter was pretending to be sick, due to the fact that she believed that she would get in trouble for "calling" to boys. and people are claiming the girls preformed witchcraft.
The author used the word 'pouring' is to let the reader imagine what the snake is doing.
<h3>What is imagery?</h3>
This is a visually descriptive or figurative language especially in a literary work.
This action of 'pouring' describes the snake's action because the snake is in the basket and the decision used means that the snake is coming in and out of the basket.
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