What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
The child sees numerable interesting things on his way to the fair which as follows:
- Firstly he saw the toys lined up at a shop.
- Then, he saw a flowering mustard field which seemed like gold.
- In the fields, the child also saw colourful dragon flies, butterflies fluttering their wings and bees sucking the nectar.
- Then, while walking on the footpath he saw the insects and worms crawling.
- When he entered the grove he could hear and see doves cooing.
- As he neared the village he saw huge crowd going to the fair
- The child also came across sweetmeat seller who were selling sweets like burfi and gulab jamun and a flower seller who was selling a garland of gulmohar
- Further ahead , he saw a man selling rainbow colour balloons.
- He also saw a snake charmer who stood playing a flute to a snake.
- Finally, before losing the track of his parents he saw a roundabout swing. On the way, the child often keeps lagging behind his parents and his mother and father have to constantly call him so that he doesn’t lag behind. That is because the child is lured by all the things which he sees on his way. Sometimes, he stops to buy the toys and at other times he stops to admire the beauty of the nature – collecting flowers, catching butterflies etc.
When does he realise that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
What happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way?
How does the guru manage to save his disciple’s life?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
What reasons does he give to Sergei for his telling lies?
Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?
What actions of the schoolmates change the author’s understanding of life and people, and comfort him emotionally? How does his loneliness vanish and how does he start participating in life?
Why do Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows? What alternatives do they consider?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
The cat and the author are very fond of each other. How has this been shown in the story? Where was the cat after the fire? Who brings it back and how?
How does Bill Bryson end up in a “crash position” in the aircraft?