THE LOST CHILD EXPLANATION : PAGE 3,4,5 AND 6

19TH MAY 2020

                                                     CHAPTER: THE LOST CHILD 

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THE LOST CHILD

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

List out the word meanings

Summarize the story

Analyze the plot, theme and characters

DEAR STUDENTS TODAY WE WILL DISCUSS PAGES 3,4,5 AND 6

RECAP:

The story is about a little boy who is excited to go to the village fair. It explores his child like innocence as he is enjoying the various sights in the fair under the careful scrutiny of his parents.

NOW LETS UNDERSTAND THE STORY FURTHER:

 The parents called the child who was running and playing around a banyan tree. They lifted him and walked down a narrow, twisting lane through which they crossed the mustard fields and reached the fair.

As they neared the village the child could see many other footpaths full of throngs, converging to the whirlpool of the fair, and felt at once repelled and fascinated by the confusion of the world he was entering.

As they were about to reach the fair, the child saw huge crowds of people walking from all directions towards the fair. The dense crowd scared him and he stepped back for a while but the next moment, he got attracted to the mind - boggling crowd of humanity.

At the entrance of the fair, to one corner, a sweetmeat seller had set up a shop. He was selling various sweets like gulab jamun, rasgulla, burfi and jalebi. The sweets were displayed at different heights and were covered with foils of gold and silver. The boy's mouth watered when he sighted his favourite burfi. He expressed his desire to get one in a low voice because he knew that his request would be refuted by his parents. They would say that he was greedy for the burfi. As he did not expect that his demand would be fulfilled, he walked further.

 The next stall was that of a flower seller. He announced that he was selling garlands of gulmohur flowers. The child wanted one of those. He walked towards the basket of lowers and again announced his desire to have one in a low voice because he knew that his demand would not be fulfilled. They would refuse to buy him the flowers as they would say that they were cheap. Again, the boy walked ahead without expecting a reply from his parents.

The next thing that the child came across was a balloon seller selling balloons of different colours of the rainbow. The boy was attracted to the shiny colours of the balloons and wanted to have them all. He knew that his parents would not buy the balloons for him as they would reason that he was too old to play with them. So, the child walked further.

Then he paused at a snake charmer who was playing a flute and the snake was twisting it’s neck to the music. The snake had coiled itself in a basket and had raised its head out. It bent and moved its neck gracefully like a swan. It seemed that the music of the flute was heard by the snake’s invisible ears and created the effect of a waterfall on it because it swayed its neck in a similar way. The boy walked towards the snake charmer but as his parents had warned him to remain away from the unpleasant music played by such men, he walked further.

Then he saw the roundabout swing. It was full of men, women and children who were enjoying the ride. The boy watched the people on the roundabout and then with a lot of courage, expressed his desire to go on the roundabout.

  WHEN DID THE CHILD REALISE THAT HE IS LOST?

When his parents did not reply, he turned towards them. He saw that they were nowhere around. He looked around and behind but his parents were nowhere to be seen.

 The boy cried loudly, jerked his body and ran here and there calling out for his parents. He was full of fear and tears started rolling down his cheeks. As he wailed and ran around his turban opened and his clothes became muddy. After some time he gave up. The loud cries turned into mild sobs. He saw some people standing and talking and tried to find if his parents were among them. The laughter and talks of the people were meaningless for the child. He was simply searching for his parents.

The boy ran towards a temple which was crowded with people. He ran through the legs of men, calling out for his parents. The crowd was pushing each other as he neared the entrance of the temple. The boy got scared of huge strong men who starred people with their murderous eyes and pushed them with their strong and big shoulders. The boy could have been crushed under the feet of the men had his cries not been heard by a man in the crowd. He lifted the child.

The man tried to relax the child by taking him to the roundabout swing. He offered him a ride but the child screamed and wept loudly that he wanted his parents.

 The man started walking back on the same route which the child had taken. So he took the child to the snake charmer. He asked him to listen to the nice music being played by the snake - charmer. The child shut his ears with his fingers and screamed loudly that he wanted his parents. The man took the child to the bright coloured balloons, hoping that he might get cheered by seeing them. He offered a balloon to the child but he turned away and wept for father,

The man tried to make the child happy and took him to the flower seller. He asked him to smell the fragrance of the flowers and offered him a garland.

Finally, the man took him to the sweet meat seller and offered to buy sweets for him. Still, the child did not want his favourite sweet but wanted his parents.

WORD MEANINGS

Throngs: huge crowds

Converging: gathering

Heeded: paid attention to

Overwhelming: a very strong emotion

Hither and thither: here and there

Congested: full of

Hefty: large and heavy

Thrust: push

Knocked: hit

Brutal: harsh, rough

Trampled: crushed

Surging: powerful

Disconsolate: very unhappy and unable to be comforted

Charge: a person or thing entrusted to the care of someone

CLASSWORK: 

READ THE KEY POINTS FROM PAGE 3,4  AND 5

HOME WORK: LIST OUT THE WORD MEANINGS IN YOUR MOMENTS LITERATURE NOTEBOOK

READ THE COMPLETE STORY

THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY!!