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When pre-schooler Nur Humairah Romi Nazri asked her mother if she could wash the dishes, she was not tall enough to reach the kitchen sink.
It was in April during the circuit breaker last year and Ms Noryatti Sharil was initially reluctant as Humairah was only four then.
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