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The Lost Child III.TEXTUAL QUESTIONS Think about it Q1. What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind? Ans. On his way to the fair the child sees the flowering mustard fields and dragon-flies. He also sees little insects and worms. He sees doves also. They flew to the banyan tree. He goes near them to get one. So he lags behind. Q2. In the fair the he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer? Or In the fair the child wanted many things. What are they? (CBSE) Ans. The child sees many things and wants them. These are: “gulab-jamun, rasgulla, burfi, jalebi”, a garland of gulmohar and balloons. He also wants to ride a merry-go-round. He moves on without waiting for an answer. He knows his parents won’t buy any of these for him. Q3. When does he realize that he has list his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described? Ans. He realizes this when he says that he wants a ride in a merry-go-round. He looks for his parents but there is no reply. He realizes that he has been lost. His anxiety and insecurity are described in his weeping greatly. He is wailing calling ‘Mother! Father!’ this anxiety is also seen in his clothes getting muddy. Q4. Why does the list child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier? Ans. The child was with his parents. He was happy. He had interest in many things. There were a toy, balloon, burfi, etc. but he is without his parents now. He is a lost child. So these things have no interest for him. He simply wants his parents. Q5. What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents? Ans. The end of the chapter shows nothing. It may mean that the child has found his parents. However, in such circumstances, a child is often found by his parents. It is a village fair. In the countryside, kidnapping etc, does not take place. It is possible that the police might have restored the child to his parents. IV.SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Q1. What was the mood of child when he passed through the mustard fields? (CBSE) Ans. When the child passed through the mustard fields he had a very happy mood. He saw flowers and dragons flies. He saw insects and doves. He was greatly excited. He went near them to get one dove. That’s why, he lagged behind. Q2. Why was the child always lagging behind his parents? Ans. The child saw a toy shop. He wanted to look at the toys. These looked lovely. Then he saw dragon-flies. He wanted to catch one of them. When he couldn’t catch one, he collected flower petals. These took time. So he lagged behind. Q3. How did the child react when he saw a flower-seller? Ans. The child saw a flower-seller hawking, “A garland of gulmohar.” The child was attracted towards it. He went near the flower basket. He wanted to have one garland. But he knew his parents’ answer. So he moved on. Q4. Why was the child drawn towards the balloon-seller? What did he think his parents would say about his desire of having a balloon? Ans. The child saw a balloon-seller. He had yellow, red and green balloons. The boy wanted to have a balloon. But he knew what his parents would say something that he didn’t want to hear. They would say that he was too old to play with them. Q5. How did the child realize his parents were not with him? How did he behave? Ans. The child wanted to ride in a roundabout. He said that he wanted a ride. But his parents were not with him. He looked back. He didn’t see them. To his shock, he had been lost. He started weeping. Q6. How did the child react when he found that he had lost his parents? OR How does the child react when he realizes that he was lost his parents? (CBSE) Ans. The child wept bitterly. He cried in real fear. Tears rolled down his eyes. He ran from one side to another in all directions. He didn’t know where to go. His yellow turban came untied. His clothes became muddy. Q7. What was the immediate reaction of the child after he couldn’t find his parents? (CBSE) OR What happened when the child was separated from his parents?
Ans. When the child was separated from his parents, he wept and wept. He ran here and there. His yellow turban came untied and his clothes became muddy. His cries changed into sobs. He looked all round to find his parents. But he couldn’t find them. At last, a man saved him from being crushed under the feet of a crowd before a shrine. Q8. How did the child look for his parents when he had been lost? OR How does the child react when he realizes that he has list his parents? Ans. The child ran like mad here and there. He was weeping greatly. He was sobbing also. His eyes searched his parents everywhere. He saw in tears men and women talking. But he couldn’t see his parents. Q9. How did the child try to catch one of the dragon-flies? Ans. The child saw a group of dragon-flies fluttering over the mustard flowers. He followed them. One dragon-fly stilled its wings and rested. The boy tried to catch it. Q10. What happened when the child was called by the parents from the edge of a well? Ans. The child entered a grove. Many flowers fell upon him. He began to gather the flower petals in his hands. Then he heard the cooing of the dove. Q11. What made the child so much interested in the roundabout? Ans. The child saw women and children enjoying the ride in the roundabout. He also wanted to ride it for joy. So their joy and laughter made him interested in the roundabout. Q12. How was the child nearly trampled underfoot? Ans. Weeping, the child went to the shrine. People were pushing one another to enter the shrine. The child moved between the people’s legs. He would have been crushed underfoot, if he had not cried loudly. V.LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS Q1. Describe what attracted the child on his way to the fair? Ans. The child was going to the fair of spring with his parents. His parents were poor. The child saw a toy shop. He wanted to buy a toy. But his father looked at him in anger. The child understood. He then saw dragon-flies. The boy was charmed by little insects and worms. He collected flower petals. He saw a sweetmeat shop. He wanted to eat burfi. Then a flower seller attracted him. He wanted to have a flower-garland. Then he saw a balloon-seller. He wanted to
have a balloon. Then he saw a roundabout. He wanted to have a ride on it. So whatever he looked at he wanted that. But he had been lost by then. Q2. Why did the parents of the child turn down his requests for many things? Ans. There were many things the child wanted in the fair. He wanted burfi, gulabjamun, balloons, flower garlands etc. whatever he looked at he wanted that thing. But he knew that his parents won’t buy him any of them. For ‘burfi’ they would say he was greedy. For flower garlands they would say those looked cheap. If he asked for balloons, they would say he was older. He wanted to listen to the snake-charmer’s music. But they would call it rough for him. The child knew that his parents would turn down his request for these things. So he did not make requests for many more things. When he asked for a ride in the roundabout he had been lost. Q3. Why does the lost child keep crying when his is offered all the things that he wanted to have? Ans. The lost child wants many things from the fair. He sees many things and asks his parents to have these. But they don’t buy him for obvious reasons. They are poor. But they are his parents. He has a blood relation with him. They have given him birth. The man who saves the lost child from being crushed offers him many things. These are the things that the lost child wanted before being lost. But the lost child wanted his mother and father now. It is because these things are nothing as compared to his parents. These things won’t bring him his parents. But if his parents are there they would get these one day or the other. So the lost child finds his parents more valuable than these things. Therefore, he keeps crying that he want to have his parents. Q4. Describe how the child was lost? OR How was the child separated from his parents? Ans. when the child was in the midst of the fair, many things charmed him. He wanted all the things that he looked at. But he knew that his parents won’t buy him any of those things. He wanted to listen to the snake-charmer’s music. He went farther. He looked at various things. In the end, he came to a roundabout. Women and children were riding in it. They were enjoying the ride. They were laughing and merry-making. He wanted a ride in the roundabout. He asked his parents that he wanted a ride in that. But he did not get any response. When he looked back, he found his parents were not there. He had been lost. Q5. Describe how the child behaved after he was separated from his parents. Or What was the child’s reaction after he was separated from his parents?(CBSE)