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The lost child

Q1. What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
Q2. In the fair, he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
Q3. When does he realize that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?
Q4.Why does the child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
Q5. What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?

Dear student,

The answers to your 1st and 2nd queries are as follows:
  1. The child saw many things on his way to the fair. He got fascinated by the toys in the shops. After that, he saw a flowering mustard-field. He then followed a group of butterflies and dragon-flies and tried to catch them. After that, he gets attracted by the little insects and worms along the footpath. Meanwhile, his parents keep calling him to hurry-up. As he entered the grove, a shower of young flowers fell upon him.He stopped and tried to collect all of them. However, as soon as he heard the cooing of doves, he forgot about the flowers and ran towards his parents shouting, “The dove! The dove!” He was also fascinated by sweetmeats, flowers, balloons and the tricks of the snake charmer. As he entered the fair, he was both fascinated and repelled by the confusion. He kept lagging behind because he was fascinated by every other thing he saw on his way to the fair.

  2. The child wanted many things at the fair. His eyes first set on the shop of a sweetmeat seller. His mouth watered for the burfi ,which was his favourite sweet. He knew his plea would not be heeded because his parents would call him greedy. Therefore, he moved on. He then saw a flower-seller. He was irresistibly drawn towards the flowers and wanted a garland. However, he knew his parents would refuse saying that they were cheap. Hence, he moved further ahead. He was then carried away by the colours of the different balloons and had an overwhelming desire to possess them. He moved ahead without asking his parents as he knew they would say that he was too old to play with such toys. He next went towards a snake charmer. However, knowing that his parents had forbidden him from hearing such coarse music as the snake charmer played, he carried on. The boy moved on without waiting for an answer because he knew that his request would be denied at each step.

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The child sees toys, flowering mustard field, dragon flies, butterflies, doves, a huge crowd of people entering the fair, sweet shops, garlands of gulmohar, rainbow color balloons, a snake charmer and a roundabout swing. He lags behind because he is fascinated by the things that he sees on his way to the fair.
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The child wants many things in the fair. He wants to have toys, different sweets, garland, balloons of different colours and has a keen desire to enjoy the roundabout. He moves on without waiting for an answer because whenever he stops to see things, his parents gave him a cautionary call, “come, child, come!”
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