I was saved by a hair's breadth on the curb. | Havisha Rathore

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What is this? My brothers and sisters, I was passing by
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and suddenly my gaze fell on this tree and you know why
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because this tree is affected by termites.
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But what is this termite? Termite is a tiny insect which does a lot of harm by
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eating the wood of trees or buildings. In Hindi, it is called dimak. Now, look what a
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great harm termites have done to this tree.
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I think this is gonna be very very very dangerous.
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Termites. The house had termites. They are deadly termites. Ebola termites. Termite,
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Termite. And you know what happened to this tree
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I don't think this is a tree. Do you think this is a tree?
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No, but yes, once upon a time this was a Tall Tree, taller than me.
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But now termites have damaged this tree. They have made this tree weak and
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Hollow. They have made it weak and Hollow and due to that this tree fell and you
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know just a few days ago I was walking on this curb or I would say footpath and
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this tree fell, and by God's grace, I was saved by a hair's breadth.
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I was saved by a hair's breadth. It was a hair's breadth. Hair's breadth. By a hair's breadth.
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I was saved by a horse breadth. Now, look at this log of wood.
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Now, here also termites have made this log of Wood Hollow. But here what is this
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log and Hollow? Hollow means
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And what is a log? Log is a thick piece of wood
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which is generally fallen from a tree or is cut down from a tree.
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Now, look at this log of wood. Termites have affected it and now you look
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how Hollow it has become. It has become really Hollow.
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Look, it's becoming Hollow. It's Hollow and you know where am I walking
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right now?
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I am walking on the curb or I would say footpath. You
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can call it either curve or footpath, the ball is in your court and you know in
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British English curb is pronounced as curb, curb, but in American English, it is
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pronounced as curb, curb. On the curb in the right. On the curb.
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Sitting outside your apartment on the curb. So, you're gonna just kick them to
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the curb. I step down to the curb. Drive up on the curb. We found his wallet on
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the curb. Curb. In British English, the r is silent or I would say it is not
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pronounced because the r in British English is eaten up by termites.
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But in American English termites don't eat this r because they use
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disinfectant to kill the termites. If you liked this information then don't
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forget to like, share, and subscribe to this channel. Bye-
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bye! See you in the next video!
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[Music]
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[Music]
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thank you [Applause]
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