THE LOST CHILD

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THE LOST CHILD

Q1. How did the child react to every kind offer of the gentleman?

Ans. To every kind offer of the gentleman, the child only said, “I want my mother, I want my father.”

Q2. Describe the natural beauty of the mustard fields and the child’s chase of the butterflies as given in the story ‘The Lost Child’.

Ans. The pleasure before the child that filled his eager eye was a flowering mustard field. It was pale like melting gold. It went miles and miles as if there were streams of gold. The scene was bathing in the silvery sunshine. The boy was also attracted by a group of flying dragon- flies over the flowers. He chased them in order to catch one of them.

Q3. Why didn’t the child stay for long at the place where a juggler was playing his flute to the snake in the fair?

Ans. A child was going to a fair with his parents. He saw a juggler was playing on his flue to the snake. He was separated from his parents, so he ran from one place to another.

Q4. What did the child see the juggler doing ? Why didn’t he stay there ?

Ans. In the fair, the child saw the juggler playing on his flute and dancing the snake. He did not stay there because he was worried on being separated from his parents.

Q5. What was the first demand of the child while accompanying his parent ?

Ans. A child was going to the fair with his parents. He was full of zeal and laughter. He was attracted by the toys in the shops. So he requested his parents to buy a toy for him. This was his first demand.