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  When two fellows stare at each other day in, day out and one can't move and the g other can't talk, boredom sets in. (i) Why can 'one' not move? (ii) Why can't the 'other' talk? (iii) Name an indefinite pronoun used in the current extract. or (i) Name the two fellows referred to in the above extract. (ii) Why was one of them unable to move? (iii) How do they finally manage to overcome the boredom?          

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                  (i) One (Hooper) cannot move as he is paralysed. (ii) Other (Duke) cannot talk as he is an animal. (iii) One is used as an indefinite pronoun in the above extract. or (i) The two fellows are Chuck Hooper and his dog, Duke. (ii) Chuck Hooper was unable to move as a fatal accident had left him paralysed. (iii) The two fellows managed to overcome the boredom only after Chuck decided to walk.