Model questions || Unit Ten: Lifestyle || Lesson 2 Etiquette Netiquette|| Textbook page 179|| English first paper || Bangla meaning, line by line Bangla meaning, model questions and solution, mcq, short questions and summary ||
Once upon a time, there was a strange man who was highly bothered to see others’ happiness. His own personal interest was all that was important to him. Neither was he a polite man, nor did he like other people to be polite to each other. In fact, he hated the courteous and polite people around him and truly hated a few expressions like “please,” “thank you,” “don’t mention it,” etc. It troubled him a lot when people around were smiling to use these expressions.
The man considered all these expressions extravagant. So, he took a mission to invent a device that would steal these polite words. He calculated two benefits from his efforts. One, people wouldn’t use these words and thus he would be relieved of his apathy to people’s polite behavior. The second one was earning money by selling the words stolen by the machine to somebody else. He took great caution so that nobody would understand his secret plan. After a few months' hard work, he succeeded in inventing the machine he desired for a long, long time.
The machine started working, and it gave the man complete satisfaction. People from their long practice would try to say – thank you, so kind of you, my pleasure, don’t mention it, etc. – to appreciate others or express gratitude. But their tongues could not produce these words. The machine caught them. It resulted in a huge change in people’s behavior and attitudes. Gradually people became rough and tough, they lost their mental cool, they were blaming each other or fighting with each other. They became so selfish that they started refusing to help others without having a return for their service. Love, respect, affections, fellow feelings became some unknown words, and eventually, they were missing from people’s practices.
The man was terribly happy with his success, but he didn’t count on two little girls of special needs. They had speech difficulty and so they used to communicate using sign language. Since the machine couldn’t steal gestures, these girls continued their previous practices of being kind and polite. Soon they realized the difference between them and other people which led them to investigate the reason. After much toil, they could discover the wicked man, who was in a hideout on the top of a hill next to the sea with his enormous machine busy in capturing people’s polite words and separating them into letters. The girls found the man taking a nap when they crept up to the machine and rewired it so that people could get back to their normal behavior.
As a result, the machine exploded, scattering all the letters it had gathered into the sky. After some moments, the letters started coming down like rain and dropped into the sea. After that, everyone became polite and respectful to one another again. The rudeness and the arguments stopped, proving that good manners are very useful for keeping people together in a spirit of happiness.
Here are some important words from the passage with their meanings in Bangla, along with synonyms and antonyms:
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Strange
বাংলা: অদ্ভুত
Synonym: unusual, odd
Antonym: normal, usual -
Bothered
বাংলা: বিরক্ত
Synonym: disturbed, troubled
Antonym: calm, relaxed -
Happiness
বাংলা: সুখ
Synonym: joy, delight
Antonym: sadness, misery -
Polite
বাংলা: ভদ্র
Synonym: courteous, respectful
Antonym: rude, impolite -
Courteous
বাংলা: বিনয়ী
Synonym: well-mannered, gracious
Antonym: arrogant, discourteous -
Expressions
বাংলা: অভিব্যক্তি
Synonym: phrases, statements
Antonym: silence, suppression -
Extravagant
বাংলা: অপচয়ী
Synonym: wasteful, lavish
Antonym: frugal, economical -
Mission
বাংলা: মিশন বা উদ্দেশ্য
Synonym: task, goal
Antonym: inaction, neglect -
Invent
বাংলা: উদ্ভাবন করা
Synonym: create, design
Antonym: destroy, ruin -
Device
বাংলা: যন্ত্র
Synonym: machine, tool
Antonym: disorder, mess -
Steal
বাংলা: চুরি করা
Synonym: rob, take
Antonym: return, give -
Relieved
বাংলা: স্বস্তি অনুভব করা
Synonym: comforted, eased
Antonym: burdened, stressed -
Apathy
বাংলা: উদাসীনতা
Synonym: indifference, unconcern
Antonym: concern, interest -
Secret
বাংলা: গোপন
Synonym: hidden, confidential
Antonym: open, public -
Success
বাংলা: সাফল্য
Synonym: achievement, victory
Antonym: failure, defeat -
Satisfaction
বাংলা: সন্তুষ্টি
Synonym: contentment, pleasure
Antonym: dissatisfaction, disappointment -
Gratitude
বাংলা: কৃতজ্ঞতা
Synonym: thankfulness, appreciation
Antonym: ingratitude, thanklessness -
Gradually
বাংলা: ধীরে ধীরে
Synonym: slowly, progressively
Antonym: suddenly, abruptly -
Rough
বাংলা: খসখসে / রূক্ষ
Synonym: harsh, coarse
Antonym: smooth, gentle -
Selfish
বাংলা: স্বার্থপর
Synonym: egotistic, self-centered
Antonym: generous, selfless -
Affections
বাংলা: স্নেহ / মমতা
Synonym: love, care
Antonym: hatred, indifference -
Practices
বাংলা: অভ্যাস
Synonym: habits, customs
Antonym: neglect, avoidance -
Realize
বাংলা: বুঝতে পারা
Synonym: understand, comprehend
Antonym: ignore, misunderstand -
Difference
বাংলা: পার্থক্য
Synonym: distinction, variation
Antonym: similarity, sameness -
Wicked
বাংলা: দুষ্ট
Synonym: evil, cruel
Antonym: kind, good -
Investigate
বাংলা: অনুসন্ধান করা
Synonym: examine, inquire
Antonym: ignore, neglect -
Hideout
বাংলা: লুকানোর জায়গা
Synonym: shelter, refuge
Antonym: exposure, openness -
Enormous
বাংলা: বিশাল
Synonym: huge, massive
Antonym: tiny, small -
Capture
বাংলা: ধরানো / বন্দি করা
Synonym: seize, grab
Antonym: release, free -
Creep
বাংলা: চুপি চুপি চলা
Synonym: sneak, tiptoe
Antonym: march, stride -
Rewind
বাংলা: পুনরায় ঘোরানো
Synonym: reverse, backtrack
Antonym: forward, proceed -
Explode
বাংলা: বিস্ফোরিত হওয়া
Synonym: burst, detonate
Antonym: implode, compress -
Scatter
বাংলা: ছড়িয়ে দেওয়া
Synonym: disperse, spread
Antonym: gather, collect -
Moments
বাংলা: মুহূর্ত
Synonym: seconds, instants
Antonym: eternity, permanence -
Rain
বাংলা: বৃষ্টি
Synonym: shower, drizzle
Antonym: drought, dryness -
Respectful
বাংলা: শ্রদ্ধাশীল
Synonym: polite, deferential
Antonym: disrespectful, rude -
Argue
বাংলা: তর্ক করা
Synonym: quarrel, dispute
Antonym: agree, comply -
Stop
বাংলা: থামা
Synonym: halt, cease
Antonym: start, continue -
Prove
বাংলা: প্রমাণ করা
Synonym: show, demonstrate
Antonym: disprove, refute -
Together
বাংলা: একসাথে
Synonym: unitedly, jointly
Antonym: separately, apart
নিচে ইংরেজি গল্পটির লাইন বাই লাইন বাংলা অনুবাদ দেওয়া হলো:
1. Once upon a time, there was a strange man who was highly bothered to see others’ happiness.
অনুবাদ: এক সময়ের কথা, একজন অদ্ভুত মানুষ ছিল যে অন্যদের সুখ দেখে খুব বিরক্ত হতো।
2. His own personal interest was all that was important to him.
অনুবাদ: তার নিজের স্বার্থই তার কাছে সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ছিল।
3. Neither was he a polite man, nor did he like other people to be polite to each other.
অনুবাদ: তিনি ছিলেন না ভদ্র মানুষ, এবং তিনি চাইতেন না অন্যরাও একে অপরের প্রতি ভদ্র হোক।
4. In fact, he hated the courteous and polite people around him and truly hated a few expressions like “please,” “thank you,” “don’t mention it,” etc.
অনুবাদ: আসলে, তিনি তার চারপাশের ভদ্র ও নম্র মানুষদের ঘৃণা করতেন এবং “অনুগ্রহ করে,” “ধন্যবাদ,” “এটা কিছুই না” ইত্যাদি কথাগুলোকে সত্যিই ঘৃণা করতেন।
5. It troubled him a lot when people around were smiling to use these expressions.
অনুবাদ: যখন মানুষ এসব শব্দ ব্যবহার করে হাসিমুখে কথা বলত, তখন তা তাকে খুব কষ্ট দিত।
6. The man considered all these expressions extravagant.
অনুবাদ: ওই মানুষটি এসব শব্দকে অপ্রয়োজনীয় ও বাড়াবাড়ি মনে করত।
7. So, he took a mission to invent a device that would steal these polite words.
অনুবাদ: তাই, সে একটি যন্ত্র আবিষ্কার করার মিশনে নামল, যা এসব ভদ্র শব্দ চুরি করে নিতে পারবে।
8. He calculated two benefits from his efforts.
অনুবাদ: সে তার প্রচেষ্টায় দুটি লাভের হিসাব করেছিল।
9. One, people wouldn’t use these words and thus he would be relieved of his apathy to people’s polite behavior.
অনুবাদ: এক, মানুষ এসব শব্দ ব্যবহার করতে পারবে না এবং তাই সে ভদ্র আচরণের প্রতি তার বিরক্তি থেকে মুক্তি পাবে।
10. The second one was earning money by selling the words stolen by the machine to somebody else.
অনুবাদ: দ্বিতীয়টি ছিল, যন্ত্রে চুরি হওয়া শব্দগুলো অন্য কাউকে বিক্রি করে টাকা উপার্জন করা।
11. He took great caution so that nobody would understand his secret plan.
অনুবাদ: সে খুব সাবধানতা অবলম্বন করল যাতে কেউ তার গোপন পরিকল্পনা বুঝতে না পারে।
12. After a few months' hard work, he succeeded in inventing the machine he desired for a long, long time.
অনুবাদ: কয়েক মাস কঠোর পরিশ্রমের পর, সে বহুদিনের ইচ্ছিত সেই যন্ত্র আবিষ্কারে সফল হলো।
13. The machine started working, and it gave the man complete satisfaction.
অনুবাদ: যন্ত্রটি কাজ করা শুরু করল, এবং এতে মানুষটি সম্পূর্ণ সন্তুষ্টি পেল।
14. People from their long practice would try to say – thank you, so kind of you, my pleasure, don’t mention it, etc. – to appreciate others or express gratitude.
অনুবাদ: মানুষ দীর্ঘ অভ্যাস অনুযায়ী “ধন্যবাদ,” “আপনার দয়া,” “আমার আনন্দ,” “এটা কিছুই না” ইত্যাদি বলে অন্যদের প্রশংসা বা কৃতজ্ঞতা প্রকাশ করতে চাইত।
15. But their tongues could not produce these words.
অনুবাদ: কিন্তু তাদের জিভ এসব শব্দ উচ্চারণ করতে পারত না।
16. The machine caught them.
অনুবাদ: যন্ত্রটি সেগুলো ধরে ফেলত।
17. It resulted in a huge change in people’s behavior and attitudes.
অনুবাদ: এর ফলে মানুষের আচরণ ও মনোভাবের মধ্যে বিশাল পরিবর্তন ঘটল।
18. Gradually people became rough and tough, they lost their mental cool, they were blaming each other or fighting with each other.
অনুবাদ: ধীরে ধীরে মানুষ কঠোর ও রূঢ় হয়ে উঠল, মানসিক শান্তি হারিয়ে ফেলল, তারা একে অপরকে দোষারোপ বা ঝগড়া করতে লাগল।
19. They became so selfish that they started refusing to help others without having a return for their service.
অনুবাদ: তারা এত স্বার্থপর হয়ে গেল যে বিনিময় ছাড়া কাউকে সাহায্য করতে অস্বীকার করল।
20. Love, respect, affections, fellow feelings became some unknown words, and eventually, they were missing from people’s practices.
অনুবাদ: ভালোবাসা, সম্মান, স্নেহ, সহানুভূতি যেন অজানা শব্দে পরিণত হলো এবং শেষ পর্যন্ত মানুষের আচরণ থেকে সেগুলো হারিয়ে গেল।
21. The man was terribly happy with his success, but he didn’t count on two little girls of special needs.
অনুবাদ: সেই মানুষটি তার সাফল্যে খুবই খুশি ছিল, কিন্তু সে বিশেষ চাহিদাসম্পন্ন দুই ছোট মেয়ের কথা ভাবেনি।
22. They had speech difficulty and so they used to communicate using sign language.
অনুবাদ: তাদের কথা বলার অসুবিধা ছিল, তাই তারা সংকেত ভাষায় যোগাযোগ করত।
23. Since the machine couldn’t steal gestures, these girls continued their previous practices of being kind and polite.
অনুবাদ: যেহেতু যন্ত্রটি অঙ্গভঙ্গি চুরি করতে পারত না, তাই এই মেয়েরা আগের মতোই দয়ালু ও ভদ্র আচরণ চালিয়ে গেল।
24. Soon they realized the difference between them and other people which led them to investigate the reason.
অনুবাদ: শীঘ্রই তারা নিজেরা ও অন্যদের মধ্যে পার্থক্য বুঝতে পারল, যা তাদের কারণ খোঁজার দিকে নিয়ে গেল।
25. After much toil, they could discover the wicked man, who was in a hideout on the top of a hill next to the sea with his enormous machine busy in capturing people’s polite words and separating them into letters.
অনুবাদ: অনেক কষ্টের পর, তারা ওই দুষ্টু মানুষটিকে খুঁজে পেল, যে সমুদ্রের পাশে পাহাড়ের চূড়ায় তার বিশাল যন্ত্র নিয়ে লুকিয়ে ছিল এবং মানুষের ভদ্র শব্দ ধরে ধরে অক্ষরে বিভক্ত করছিল।
26. The girls found the man taking a nap when they crept up to the machine and rewired it so that people could get back to their normal behavior.
অনুবাদ: মেয়েরা দেখল মানুষটি ঘুমাচ্ছে, তখন তারা যন্ত্রটির কাছে গিয়ে সেটির তার জোড়া বদলে দিল যাতে মানুষ আবার তাদের স্বাভাবিক আচরণে ফিরে আসতে পারে।
27. As a result, the machine exploded, scattering all the letters it had gathered into the sky.
অনুবাদ: এর ফলে যন্ত্রটি বিস্ফোরিত হলো, আর সে জমা করা সব অক্ষর আকাশে ছড়িয়ে পড়ল।
28. After some moments, the letters started coming down like rain and dropped into the sea.
অনুবাদ: কিছুক্ষণের মধ্যে, অক্ষরগুলো বৃষ্টির মতো নেমে এসে সমুদ্রে পড়তে লাগল।
29. After that, everyone became polite and respectful to one another again.
অনুবাদ: এরপর সবাই আবার একে অপরের প্রতি ভদ্র ও শ্রদ্ধাশীল হয়ে উঠল।
30. The rudeness and the arguments stopped, proving that good manners are very useful for keeping people together in a spirit of happiness.
অনুবাদ: রূঢ়তা ও ঝগড়াঝাঁটি বন্ধ হয়ে গেল, যা প্রমাণ করে যে ভালো ব্যবহার মানুষকে সুখের বন্ধনে একত্রে রা.
Here are somr multiple choice questions based on the story "The Man Who Stole Polite Words",
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Why was the man bothered by others' happiness?
A) He was jealous of others' wealth
B) He did not like people smiling and being polite
C) He was a lonely person
D) He wanted to be the only happy person
➤ Answer: B -
What did the man hate the most?
A) Kindness and generosity
B) Expressions like “please” and “thank you”
C) Loud music
D) Working hard
➤ Answer: B -
What was the main purpose of the machine?
A) To help people speak more fluently
B) To teach people manners
C) To steal polite words from people's speech
D) To increase intelligence
➤ Answer: C -
What happened after people stopped using polite words?
A) They became rich
B) They became more helpful
C) They became selfish and unfriendly
D) They became more honest
➤ Answer: C -
Why couldn’t the machine steal from the two girls?
A) They were too fast
B) They spoke another language
C) They used sign language
D) They had protective equipment
➤ Answer: C -
Where was the machine hidden?
A) In the city
B) In a basement
C) On a hill next to the sea
D) Inside a school
➤ Answer: C -
What did the girls do to stop the machine?
A) Destroyed it with water
B) Called the police
C) Rewired it
D) Stole its parts
➤ Answer: C -
What happened when the machine exploded?
A) People lost their voices
B) Letters rained down from the sky
C) The sky turned red
D) Everyone lost memory
➤ Answer: B -
What was the final result of the story?
A) People left the town
B) People became more aggressive
C) People returned to being polite
D) The girls became famous
➤ Answer: C -
What lesson does the story teach?
A) Technology should not be trusted
B) Politeness is old-fashioned
C) Good manners help people live happily together
D) Never invent machines
➤ Answer: C
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What does the word "extravagant" mean?
A) Useful
B) Costly or excessive
C) Simple
D) Empty
➤ Answer: B -
What is the meaning of “rewired” in the story?
A) Painted again
B) Adjusted the setting
C) Changed the electrical system
D) Broke it down
➤ Answer: C -
The word “apathy” refers to —
A) Sadness
B) Lack of interest or concern
C) Happiness
D) Intelligence
➤ Answer: B -
What does “hideout” mean in the context?
A) A secret place for hiding
B) A treasure box
C) A workshop
D) A tree house
➤ Answer: A -
"Toil" most nearly means —
A) Sleep
B) Hard work
C) Game
D) Joke
➤ Answer: B
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In the sentence “People became rough and tough,” the word “rough” is a/an —
A) Verb
B) Adjective
C) Adverb
D) Noun
➤ Answer: B -
In “He succeeded in inventing the machine,” the word “inventing” is a/an —
A) Noun
B) Adjective
C) Gerund
D) Verb
➤ Answer: C -
The word “kind” in the phrase “so kind of you” is a/an —
A) Adverb
B) Verb
C) Noun
D) Adjective
➤ Answer: D -
The word “politeness” is a/an —
A) Verb
B) Adjective
C) Noun
D) Adverb
➤ Answer: C -
In “the machine caught them,” the word “caught” is a/an —
A) Verb (past tense)
B) Noun
C) Adjective
D) Conjunction
➤ Answer: A
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Choose the synonym of “courteous”:
A) Friendly
B) Rude
C) Polite
D) Careless
➤ Answer: C -
Choose the antonym of “selfish”:
A) Kind
B) Polite
C) Generous
D) Greedy
➤ Answer: C -
The synonym of “enormous” is —
A) Tiny
B) Large
C) Clean
D) Shiny
➤ Answer: B -
Choose the antonym of “wicked”:
A) Happy
B) Honest
C) Kind
D) Evil
➤ Answer: C -
The synonym of “blaming” is —
A) Praising
B) Accusing
C) Helping
D) Thanking
➤ Answer: B
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What does the phrase “took a mission” mean?
A) Watched a video
B) Started a task with a goal
C) Traveled to another country
D) Made a joke
➤ Answer: B -
The phrase “mental cool” refers to —
A) Air-conditioned mind
B) Physical temperature
C) Calmness and peace of mind
D) Cold attitude
➤ Answer: C -
“Dropped into the sea” is used in the story to show —
A) That letters were destroyed
B) That they became hidden
C) That they were returned to nature
D) That peace was restored
➤ Answer: D
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How did the man ensure secrecy in his invention?
A) He built it at night
B) He involved no one
C) He used code words
D) He stayed in a hideout
➤ Answer: D -
What did people lose as a result of the machine’s effect?
A) Money
B) Relationships
C) Emotional connection and fellow feeling
D) Their homes
➤ Answer: C -
Why was the machine unable to affect the girls?
A) They were immune
B) They used sign language
C) They were robots
D) They lived far away
➤ Answer: B -
What was ironic about the man’s plan?
A) He became kind by the end
B) He invented something helpful
C) His invention failed because of kindness
D) He loved polite people
➤ Answer: C -
How did the girls identify the location of the machine?
A) By watching others
B) By following letters
C) By researching the hill
D) Through observation and logic
➤ Answer: D -
Why did the man want to sell the stolen words?
A) To make people happy
B) To help others
C) For profit
D) To destroy them
➤ Answer: C -
What shows that polite words were valuable in the end?
A) People stored them
B) They fell from the sky
C) People started using them and became happy again
D) The machine printed them
➤ Answer: C -
What is the tone of the story?
A) Tragic
B) Humorous
C) Moral and imaginative
D) Sad and hopeless
➤ Answer: C
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What is meant by “change in people’s attitudes”?
A) Change in appearance
B) Change in age
C) Change in behavior, thoughts, and feelings
D) Change in knowledge
➤ Answer: C -
Why did the girls continue exchanging polite words?
A) They didn’t know the rules
B) They were naughty
C) They used sign language and the machine couldn't catch that
D) They wanted to help the man
➤ Answer: C -
What was the consequence of the girls’ action?
A) They were arrested
B) People became more selfish
C) People got their polite behavior back
D) They broke the machine forever
➤ Answer: C -
What happened to the letters after the machine exploded?
A) They were eaten by birds
B) They floated away
C) They rained down and dropped into the sea
D) They were collected in jars
➤ Answer: C
Here are Some short questions and answers based on the story.
i. What is the change in people’s attitudes?
People's attitudes changed drastically after the polite words disappeared. They became rude, selfish, and aggressive. Instead of helping or caring for one another, they began blaming, ignoring, or fighting each other.
ii. Why did the strange man dislike polite people?
The strange man disliked polite people because he was selfish and did not care about others’ happiness. He felt annoyed when people used expressions like “thank you” or “please.” These polite gestures made him uncomfortable, as he never practiced them himself.
iii. What was the man's plan with the machine?
The man planned to use the machine to steal polite words from people’s conversations. His goal was to stop people from being polite, and also to make money by selling those words. He worked secretly to ensure no one would discover his plan.
iv. Why did the girls start exchanging polite words with each other? What was the consequence?
The girls used sign language, so the machine couldn’t steal their polite expressions. They noticed others had changed and became curious about the reason. As a result, they discovered the machine and helped bring politeness back to the world.
v. How did the machine affect the way people spoke?
The machine captured and removed all polite words from people’s speech. People tried to say them, but the words just wouldn't come out. As a result, common expressions of gratitude and kindness disappeared from everyday language.
vi. Why didn’t the machine affect the two little girls?
The girls used sign language because they had speech difficulties. The machine was only designed to steal spoken words, not gestures. Therefore, the girls continued behaving politely and kindly.
vii. What kind of world did the machine create after it started working?
The machine created a world where kindness and politeness disappeared. People became cold, rude, and selfish. They no longer showed love, respect, or care for one another.
viii. What motivated the man to invent the machine?
The man was irritated by others' happiness and politeness. He believed that polite words were unnecessary and wanted to stop people from using them. Also, he wanted to profit by selling the stolen words.
ix. How did the girls stop the machine?
The girls found the man sleeping next to the machine. They secretly rewired the machine to undo its effects. This brave act brought back people’s lost words and their good behavior.
x. What happened after the machine exploded?
When the machine exploded, all the letters it had stored flew into the sky. They rained down like drops and fell into the sea. Soon, people became polite again, and happiness returned.
xi. Why was the man happy with the success of the machine?
The man was happy because the machine stopped people from using polite words. This matched his goal of removing kindness from society. It made him feel powerful and satisfied.
xii. What happened to people’s relationships after the machine stole the words?
People’s relationships were damaged because they stopped communicating kindly. They became unfriendly and suspicious of each other. Love and cooperation disappeared from society.
xiii. What did the girls discover about the difference between them and others?
The girls noticed that they were still polite, while others had become rude. This difference led them to investigate the cause. Eventually, they found the machine and understood the problem.
xiv. What lesson does the story teach us?
The story teaches us that polite words and good manners are very important. They help people live together peacefully and happily. Without them, the world becomes harsh and unfriendly.
xv. What was the result of people using polite expressions again?
Once the polite words returned, people became kind and respectful again. Fights and arguments stopped, and happiness returned to society. It proved that politeness is powerful in bringing people together.
Summary
Once there was a rude man who disliked seeing people being polite and happy. He invented a machine that could steal polite words like "please" and "thank you" from people’s speech. As a result, people became rude, selfish, and unfriendly. However, two girls with speech difficulties used sign language, which the machine couldn’t catch. They discovered the machine and rewired it while the man was asleep. The machine exploded, and polite words returned to everyone. People became kind and respectful again, showing that good manners are important for peace and happiness in society.
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