Q.Read the following passage and answer the question: A frustrated old man, Badni Thakur was never tired of extolling the exploits of his ancestors with a little prompting he would lapse into a reminiscent mood, push back the loosely tied turban from his close-cropped grizzled hair and start a familiar story, improvising fanciful details which, to the mirth of his audience, always kept changing with every recounting. Question: The impact of the stories on his friends was that they: