The Indian Cupboard By Lynne Reid Banks

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In the book The Indian Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks the main character is lonely, and caring, so the moral of the story is, always try something new.
The text states that he was lonely, and caring because on page{55} he is crying in the corner by himself, ¨where is Little Bear?¨ he is caring for Little Bear. Omri is lonely because, he was in the corner crying by himself and, he is caring because the reason he was crying is because Little bear was missing
In other words, Since he is crying in the corner, that means that he is lonely because, he is by himself and nobody wanted to go near him. his friends also said don't go to him.
The reason he was crying is because, Little Bear was missing and he genuinely cared about him.
Therefore,... He

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