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Read the following poems and answer the questions that follow:

Tree Blessing

Grandmother often said:

Blessed is the house upon whose walls

The shade of an old tree softly falls.'

We had no tree near our cottage,

So I planted one last spring

I It's six months old now,

And growing fast

In six years? time there'll be

A blessing

Ruskin Bond

Why did the poet plant a tree near the cottage?

A)  There was no tree near the cottage.

B)    The poet loved trees.

C)    The poet's grandmother told him to plant a tree.

D)    The poet found a tree and lie planted it.