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What according to Chintu was not a very good excuse?Arrow-Puffin-3_Semester-1 English 73%u201cHuh! Six o%u2019clock. I am not getting up,%u201d he said to himself.He turned over and went back to sleep.A few minutes later, his mother came in again and said, %u201cAren%u2019t you going to school, Chintu? Wake up or you%u2019ll be late to school.%u201d But Chintu didn%u2019t want to go to school.He lay in the bed thinking. He wished he was sick so that he could stay at home.He examined himself to find some sign of sickness. Suddenly, to his delight, he felt a slight pain in the stomach. But soon, it died away. Now he looked for other symptoms. He looked at the bruises on his knee.He had fallen down the stairs a week ago and hurt his knee. He touched it to see if there was any pain. There was no pain at all.%u201cThis is not a very good excuse,%u201d he said to himself. He had taken part in a running race just the other day. %u201cMother will surely find out,%u201d he thought.Time was running out. Now Chintu sat up in bed and began to think hard.Suddenly, he discovered something. One of his teeth was loose. Now, there was some hope.He decided it was time to act.He got back into bed and groaned,%u201cOooh! Oooh! I%u2019m dying! Aaah! Oooh!%u201d Chintu%u2019s mother came rushing in.%u201cWhat%u2019s all this noise about?%u201d she asked.%u201cHelp me, mummy! I can%u2019t bear the pain any longer.%u201d%u201cWhat pain? You were fine just a little while ago.%u201d%u201cI%u2019m dying mummy. It%u2019s all over. Aaah! Ouch!%u201d%u201cBut what%u2019s the matter with you, child?%u201d his mother asked.Why did Chintu groan?