Question

a) She also asked a few discreet questions here and there. This way she
picked up various small details about the bus journey. The town was
six miles from her village. The fare was thirty paise one way – 'which
is almost nothing at all,” she heard one well-dressed man say.
(Madam Rides a bus)​

Answer 1

Answer:

When Valli saw the dead cow by the roadside, she was overwhelmed with sadness. The memory of the dead cow haunted her, depressing her enthusiasm. She no longer wanted to look out of the window.

Valliammai was an eight-year-old girl. She was a mature girl but did not have any playmate of her age. Her favourite pastime was standing in the front doorway of her house, watching what was happening in the street outside.