12 Questions
What is the speaker's occupation?
Novelist
Why is the speaker's wife vexed at Mini?
Because Mini is too chatty
What does Ramdayal the door-keeper call a crow?
A krow
What is Bhola's claim about the clouds?
There is an elephant in the clouds, blowing water out of its trunk
What is the speaker doing when Mini interrupts him?
Writing the seventeenth chapter of his new novel
What is the speaker's response when Mini asks what relation her mother is to him?
My dear little sister in the law
What was the author doing when Mini suddenly cried out about a Kabuliwala?
Writing the seventeenth chapter of a novel
What was Mini afraid of with regards to the Kabuliwala's bag?
That it contained other children like herself
What did the Kabuliwala offer Mini besides talking to her?
Nuts and raisins
Why did the author give the Kabuliwala an eight-anna bit?
As payment for the nuts and raisins
What did the Kabuliwala give to Mini after the author gave him the eight-anna bit?
The eight-anna bit
How did Mini's mother react when she saw the eight-anna bit?
She scolded Mini and took the coin away
Study Notes
The Fruitseller from Kabul
- The narrator's five-year-old daughter Mini is very talkative and loves to chat.
- The narrator is writing a novel and is in the midst of the seventeenth chapter when Mini interrupts him.
Mini's Encounter with the Kabuliwala
- Mini sees a Kabuliwala (a fruit seller from Kabul) passing by the window and gets excited.
- She is terrified of the Kabuliwala's bag, thinking it might contain other children.
- The Kabuliwala enters the narrator's house and greets him with a smiling face.
- The narrator makes some small purchases from the Kabuliwala and they have a conversation about politics.
The Second Meeting
- The Kabuliwala meets Mini again and offers her nuts and raisins, but she is still afraid of him.
- Later, the narrator finds Mini seated on a bench, laughing and talking with the Kabuliwala.
- The Kabuliwala has given Mini almonds and raisins as gifts.
- The narrator gives the Kabuliwala an eight-anna bit, which the Kabuliwala then gives to Mini, causing trouble when Mini's mother finds out.
Extract from Rabindranath Tagore's autobiography, describing his daughter Mini's talkative nature and his own interactions with her.
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