English Solution Class 9
ENGLISH SUPPLEMENTARY
CHAPTER 1 THE LOST CHILD
BY MULK RAJ ANAND
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| THE LOST CHILD |
In the tale 'The Lost Child', the author attempts to explore the thoughts of a child. This tale also highlights a child's love for his parents.
The child goes to a fair with his father and mother. He is very excited and wants chocolates and toys displayed there. His mother and father don't purchase these items for him. But very quickly he gets separated from his parents as he's left behind looking at various toys and different things. When he realises that his father and mother are nowhere close to him, he starts crying inconsolably. He refuses everything which is offered by way of others. He only wants his father and mother and continues crying.
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| MULK RAJ ANAND |
English Solution Class 9
CHARACTERS:
The Lost Child - He is the central character who gets fascinated with the items at the village fair and loses contact with his parents. He becomes heart-broken, loses interest in everything and cries for his parents.
The Parents - The parents keep on asking the child to remain with them but are careless enough to lose him at the fair.
The Person who Found him - The person who found him is a very helpful person who tries to distract the child by offering him many things but fails.
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| THE LOST CHILD |
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SUMMARY:
It is the festival of spring and everyone, in a happy mood, is going to the fair. The child is going to the fair with his parents. he is very happy and excited. On the way to the fair, the child enjoys every moment and gets fascinated towards natural beauty. The child wants to play, climb trees, catch the dragonflies and butterflies; but his parents won't let him do any of this.
In the fair, the youngster is attracted to sweets and toys showed in the shops. He feels pulled in towards the garlands of Gulmohar and the delicious Gulab Jamuns, however, his parents do not buy anything for him. The child sees snake-charmer. he enjoys music played by the charmer and wants to remain there for some time but his parents do not approve. As the child moves on, he sees a roundabout. He requests his parents to go on the roundabout.
After requesting his parents boldly for a roundabout, the child turns back. but, to his surprise, no sign of parents is there. he searches for his parents here and there. the child realises that he is now separated from his parents and he is lost. he starts crying bitterly.
There is a big crowd and the little child tries to make his way between the feet of people. After hearing the cry of the child, a gentleman lends a helping hand to him. this gentleman offers goodies and joy rides in order to console the lost child but the child will have none of them. Instead, he longs to meet his parents.
In the fair, the youngster is attracted to sweets and toys showed in the shops. He feels pulled in towards the garlands of Gulmohar and the delicious Gulab Jamuns, however, his parents do not buy anything for him. The child sees snake-charmer. he enjoys music played by the charmer and wants to remain there for some time but his parents do not approve. As the child moves on, he sees a roundabout. He requests his parents to go on the roundabout.
After requesting his parents boldly for a roundabout, the child turns back. but, to his surprise, no sign of parents is there. he searches for his parents here and there. the child realises that he is now separated from his parents and he is lost. he starts crying bitterly.
There is a big crowd and the little child tries to make his way between the feet of people. After hearing the cry of the child, a gentleman lends a helping hand to him. this gentleman offers goodies and joy rides in order to console the lost child but the child will have none of them. Instead, he longs to meet his parents.
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| A VILLAGE FAIR |
English solution Class 9
WORD MEANING:
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lingering on - looking at
receding - moving away
red-eyed - with eyes red with anger
tyrant's way - strict and harsh manner
melted - affected
free spirit - happy mood
melting gold - the colour of gold
dragon-flies - long-bodied insects
gaudy - bright
intercepting - interfering with
still its wings - stop flying
cautionary call - called with safety in mind
teeming out - coming out in large numbers
shower - sprinkling
wild capers - uncontrolled running
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throngs - a large number of people
converging - coming together
whirlpool - a centre of attraction
half knew - thought that he knew
hawked - tried to sell by calling out
overwhelming - strong
stole into - passed into
gentle rippling - soft rushing sound
roundabout - merry-go-round with animals and seats to ride on
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flushed - reddened
convulsed - overtaken
hither and thither - this way and that
rage of running - running due to panic
filmy eyes - film of tears on the eyes
lingering - repeating
flashing, murderous - full of anger
to and fro - backward and forward, here and there
trampled underfoot - walked over
stooping - bending
steered clear - moved away
soothe - pacify/calm down
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swaying - moving sideways
doubled-pitched strain - two cries
distract....attention - shift....the attention
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humour - laughter, gaiety
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ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
1. What festival were the people going to celebrate?
Answer: People were going to celebrate the festival of spring.
2. How were the people going to the festival?
Answer: People were going to the festival on foot. Some were riding on horses and some were carried in bamboo and Bullock carts.
3. What did the father do when the child said, “I want that toy.”?
Answer: The father looked at the child red-eyed when he pleaded for that toy.
4. What happened as the child entered the grove?
Answer: A shower of young flowers fell on the child as he entered the grove.
5. What did the child do when he heard the cooing of doves in the grove?
Answer: The child ran towards his parents shouting, ‘The dove! The dove !’
6. What did the child do when he didn’t find his parents with him?
Answer: The child cried, ‘Father, Mother.’ He ran here and there in all directions.
7. Describe the village scene when people were heading towards the fair.
Answer: It was springtime. A crowd of men, women, and children was going to the fair. They were wearing colourful clothes. Some of them were on foot some rode on horses, while others went in bullock carts. There were many shops on the way. People were in a joyful mood.
8. What did the man do to make the child happy?
Answer: The man saw the child crying. He lifted him up in his arms and tried to soothe him. He took the child to the snake-charmer. Then he offered to buy balloons and flowers for him. Then he took him to the sweets' shop. But the child did not want to buy anything. He wanted only to be united with his parents.
9. Where did the child go with his parents? What did he want there?
Answer: The child went to the village fair with his parents, which had been organized to celebrate the festival of spring. He wanted them to buy him sweets, garlands, and balloons at the fair. He also wanted to see the snake charmer’s show and ride on a roundabout.
10. How did the mother distract the child’s mind from the toy seller?
Answer: The child’s mother drew his attention to the flowering mustard field to divert his mind from the toy seller. Here he saw colourful dragon-flies with gaudy purple wings, black bee and butterflies. He gazed at them as they flew in the air.
11. Why didn’t the child ask his parents to show him the snake-charmer’s act even though he wanted to?
Answer: The child knew that in the opinion of his parents, the snake charmer’s music was coarse. So, he did not see any point in requesting something which he knew would be denied.
12. How did the child enjoy the beauty of nature on his way to the fair?
Answer: On his way to the fair the child enjoyed the beauty of nature. He saw a blooming mustard field. He halted there to watch the little insects and worms that were coming out from their hiding places. He then tried to gather the petals of falling flowers and ran gaily in circles around a banyan tree.
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TEXTUAL QUESTIONS:
13. What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
Answer: While his parents are going ahead with the intention of reaching the fair, the child enjoys every beauty of nature's creation. the child enjoys the sight of a dragonfly fluttering. The next moment, he is engrossed in collecting beautiful flower petals. The very next moment he is appreciating the gait pf the swan. The child is enjoying the beauty of nature, that is why he keeps lagging behind his parents on the way.
14. In the fair child wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
Answer: The child wants to buy toys and balloons, sweets, a garland of Gulmohar and a ride in the roundabout. He wants everything from the fair but he knows that his father won't be buying anything for him and would give some excuse for not doing so. This shows that the child has matured as well. he knows how to control his urges.
He may not understand the right reason for his father refusing to get most of the things for him. Like all good parents, his father may be wishing not to spoil his child.
15. When does the child realise that he has lost his way? how have his anxiety and insecurity been described?
Answer: When the child wants to get a ride on the roundabout and calls for his parents, he gets no reply. the child looks to his front and back as well as left and right. Then the child tries to find his father among people wearing yellow shirts but all he glimpses is yellow blobs in the crowd. At last, he goes to the shrine, in the hope of finding his parents there but, he does not find them. Then the child realises that he is lost and separated from his parents. His anxiety has been described by explaining how the child reacts and tries to find his parents. he even cries out for them a number of times, refusing to take anything offered by the man who has found him, all of which he had longed for earlier. Even his turban becomes untied and muddy. this is a very natural explanation which makes the narrative simple to read and enjoy.
16. Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
Answer: The lost child loses interest in the things that he had wanted earlier because he is panic-stricken on being separated from his parents. All he wants is to be united with them. All the things that attracted him in the fair no longer appeal to him and now the only thing that matters is finding his parents.
17. What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?
Answer: Although this is not mentioned in the story, in the end, the parents, who continuously kept checking to see that the child was with them, may have suddenly realised that he was missing and came looking for him. The kind and understanding man who tried to console the little boy by offering him various things at the fair may have also asked him for some description of his parents and helped him to be reunited with them.
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18. What was the child watching when he got lost/
20. Why did the child not stay for long near the snake charmer?
Answer: In the fair, the child noticed a snake charmer. he was playing the flute in front of the snake. the music of flute greatly influenced the child. but he did not stay for long near the snake charmer because he knew that his parents would not allow him to hear the music as it was coarse music for his parents.
21. Why did the child go towards the temple? What happened there?
Answer: he went towards the temple in search of his parents. on reaching the temple door, the lost child got caught between the legs of the crowd that was jostling with each other to get into the shrine. The child got knocked down and would have got trampled if the 'kind man' had not rescued him after hearing his loud cry.
22. Who rescued the lost child? What did he offer to buy him?
Answer: An unknown man rescued the lost child. In the crowd, he was the only one who came forward to help the lost child. first, he lifted up the lost child in his arms. He asked the child about him and his parents and got to know that he had lost his parents. he tried each and everything to console the lost and sobbing child. he offered every exciting thing in the fair to the child which earlier he wanted to buy. he lifted him up in his arms and tried to soothe him. he took the child to the snake-charmer. Then he offered to buy balloons for him. he offered to buy him flowers. Then he took him to the sweets shop. but the child did not want to buy anything. he wanted only to be united with his parents.
23. Write the character sketch of the stranger.
Answer: The stranger was certainly a kind-hearted man. he saved the child from being trampled under the feet. He lifted the lost child in his lap and offered him all those things which the child desired to have earlier. he also offered the child to go on the roundabout. Obviously, such persons are rare. The stranger showed the love of parents in his behaviour towards the lost child. he tried to assure the child that he should not be afraid of anything in the fair. he would find the parents and hand over the lost child to him. the stranger also knew that the lost child could not be happy without his parents because he was weeping bitterly. Still, he tried to make the lost child happy.
24. How does the behaviour of the child before and after his separation from his parents show his great love for his parents? What would you have done if you were in the child's place?
Answer: before losing his parents, the child is in a happy, cheerful and playful mood. He gets attracted to many things on the way but follows his parents' call whenever they ask him to. He is amazed by the beauty of nature and enjoys it in his innocent way. He feels secure in the presence of his parents and so he does not even wait for their response when he demands things from them. However, on getting separated, he is filled with fear and panic. he cries inconsolably and gets lost in a large crowd of people all around. he refuses to accept even those things that he had wanted a little while ago. Everything else loses values in his eyes in the absence of his parents. his laughter and happiness are replaced by insecurity and fear.
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| THE LOST CHILD |
English solution Class 9
TEXTUAL QUESTIONS:
13. What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
Answer: While his parents are going ahead with the intention of reaching the fair, the child enjoys every beauty of nature's creation. the child enjoys the sight of a dragonfly fluttering. The next moment, he is engrossed in collecting beautiful flower petals. The very next moment he is appreciating the gait pf the swan. The child is enjoying the beauty of nature, that is why he keeps lagging behind his parents on the way.
14. In the fair child wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
Answer: The child wants to buy toys and balloons, sweets, a garland of Gulmohar and a ride in the roundabout. He wants everything from the fair but he knows that his father won't be buying anything for him and would give some excuse for not doing so. This shows that the child has matured as well. he knows how to control his urges.
He may not understand the right reason for his father refusing to get most of the things for him. Like all good parents, his father may be wishing not to spoil his child.
15. When does the child realise that he has lost his way? how have his anxiety and insecurity been described?
Answer: When the child wants to get a ride on the roundabout and calls for his parents, he gets no reply. the child looks to his front and back as well as left and right. Then the child tries to find his father among people wearing yellow shirts but all he glimpses is yellow blobs in the crowd. At last, he goes to the shrine, in the hope of finding his parents there but, he does not find them. Then the child realises that he is lost and separated from his parents. His anxiety has been described by explaining how the child reacts and tries to find his parents. he even cries out for them a number of times, refusing to take anything offered by the man who has found him, all of which he had longed for earlier. Even his turban becomes untied and muddy. this is a very natural explanation which makes the narrative simple to read and enjoy.
16. Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
Answer: The lost child loses interest in the things that he had wanted earlier because he is panic-stricken on being separated from his parents. All he wants is to be united with them. All the things that attracted him in the fair no longer appeal to him and now the only thing that matters is finding his parents.
17. What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?
Answer: Although this is not mentioned in the story, in the end, the parents, who continuously kept checking to see that the child was with them, may have suddenly realised that he was missing and came looking for him. The kind and understanding man who tried to console the little boy by offering him various things at the fair may have also asked him for some description of his parents and helped him to be reunited with them.
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| THE LOST CHILD |
English solution Class 9
18. What was the child watching when he got lost/
Answer: He was watching a roundabout in the fair. Men, women, and children were carried away in a whirling motion. They shrieked and cried with dizzy laughter.
19. 'A child longs for toys, sweets and other things but not at the cost of his parents.' Comment.
Answer: When the child realised that he had been separated from his parents, he started crying. Tears rolled down his cheeks. His face was full of fear. He was panicked and ran here and there. His yellow turban got untied. His clothes became muddy. he ran towards the shrine in search of his parents. There was a thick crowd. before he could be trampled under their feet, a kind-hearted person picked him up in his arms. he asked him how he got there and where his parents were. The child wept more bitterly and cried for his parents.20. Why did the child not stay for long near the snake charmer?
Answer: In the fair, the child noticed a snake charmer. he was playing the flute in front of the snake. the music of flute greatly influenced the child. but he did not stay for long near the snake charmer because he knew that his parents would not allow him to hear the music as it was coarse music for his parents.
21. Why did the child go towards the temple? What happened there?
Answer: he went towards the temple in search of his parents. on reaching the temple door, the lost child got caught between the legs of the crowd that was jostling with each other to get into the shrine. The child got knocked down and would have got trampled if the 'kind man' had not rescued him after hearing his loud cry.
22. Who rescued the lost child? What did he offer to buy him?
Answer: An unknown man rescued the lost child. In the crowd, he was the only one who came forward to help the lost child. first, he lifted up the lost child in his arms. He asked the child about him and his parents and got to know that he had lost his parents. he tried each and everything to console the lost and sobbing child. he offered every exciting thing in the fair to the child which earlier he wanted to buy. he lifted him up in his arms and tried to soothe him. he took the child to the snake-charmer. Then he offered to buy balloons for him. he offered to buy him flowers. Then he took him to the sweets shop. but the child did not want to buy anything. he wanted only to be united with his parents.
23. Write the character sketch of the stranger.
Answer: The stranger was certainly a kind-hearted man. he saved the child from being trampled under the feet. He lifted the lost child in his lap and offered him all those things which the child desired to have earlier. he also offered the child to go on the roundabout. Obviously, such persons are rare. The stranger showed the love of parents in his behaviour towards the lost child. he tried to assure the child that he should not be afraid of anything in the fair. he would find the parents and hand over the lost child to him. the stranger also knew that the lost child could not be happy without his parents because he was weeping bitterly. Still, he tried to make the lost child happy.
24. How does the behaviour of the child before and after his separation from his parents show his great love for his parents? What would you have done if you were in the child's place?
Answer: before losing his parents, the child is in a happy, cheerful and playful mood. He gets attracted to many things on the way but follows his parents' call whenever they ask him to. He is amazed by the beauty of nature and enjoys it in his innocent way. He feels secure in the presence of his parents and so he does not even wait for their response when he demands things from them. However, on getting separated, he is filled with fear and panic. he cries inconsolably and gets lost in a large crowd of people all around. he refuses to accept even those things that he had wanted a little while ago. Everything else loses values in his eyes in the absence of his parents. his laughter and happiness are replaced by insecurity and fear.
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