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What are the specific things the child wants in the fair?
What are the specific things the child wants in the fair?
A particular toy, all the balloons, burfi from the sweetmeat seller, garland of gulmohar, and a ride in the roundabout.
Why does the boy move on without waiting for an answer?
Why does the boy move on without waiting for an answer?
He knew that his request would be denied at each step.
How are the child's anxiety and insecurity described when he loses his way?
How are the child's anxiety and insecurity described when he loses his way?
He stopped to observe the moving roundabout, turned to his parents for permission, but they were not there. Panic-stricken, he ran around in all directions crying out for his parents.
When does the child realize that he has lost his way?
When does the child realize that he has lost his way?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things he wanted earlier?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things he wanted earlier?
What are some of the things the child sees on his way to the fair?
What are some of the things the child sees on his way to the fair?
Why does the child keep lagging behind his parents?
Why does the child keep lagging behind his parents?
What are some of the things the child wants at the fair?
What are some of the things the child wants at the fair?
Why does the child move on without waiting for an answer at the fair?
Why does the child move on without waiting for an answer at the fair?
What fascinates the child the most on his way to the fair?
What fascinates the child the most on his way to the fair?
What are the specific things that the lost child wanted in the fair?
What are the specific things that the lost child wanted in the fair?
Why did the lost child move on without waiting for an answer in the fair?
Why did the lost child move on without waiting for an answer in the fair?
How are the lost child's anxiety and insecurity described when he realizes he has lost his way?
How are the lost child's anxiety and insecurity described when he realizes he has lost his way?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things he had wanted earlier at the fair?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things he had wanted earlier at the fair?
What do you think might have happened in the end regarding the lost child and his parents?
What do you think might have happened in the end regarding the lost child and his parents?
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Study Notes
The Child's Journey to the Fair
- The child sees various fascinating things on the way to the fair, including toys at a shop, a flowering mustard field, dragonflies, a lone black bee, insects, and worms.
- He is also drawn to the huge crowds of people going to the fair, a sweetmeat seller selling sweets like burfi and gulab jamun, a flower seller selling a garland of gulmohar, a man selling rainbow-coloured balloons, and a snake charmer playing a flute to a snake.
- The child lags behind his parents because he is captivated by all these things and wants to stop to admire or buy them.
The Child's Desires at the Fair
- The child wants to possess several things at the fair, including a particular toy, all the balloons, burfi from the sweetmeat seller, and a garland of gulmohar.
- He moves on without waiting for an answer because he is overwhelmed by the numerous attractions and doesn't wait for his parents' response to his requests.
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