Question

-Compare the reactions of the father and mother at the child’s request for a toy.
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Answer 1

Answer:

The father glared at him angrily 'in his familiar tyrant's way' while the mother looked at him tenderly and diverted his attention from the toys. ... The cooing of doves diverted the child's attention from the raining flower petals.

Explanation:

THE LOST CHILD CHAPTER

Answer 2

Both mother's and father's reactions were opposite to each other to the child's request for a toy.

Father's reaction:

• His father was having a tendency to refuse anything, when a child demands anything.
• When a boy demanded toys, he was watching him angrily (red-eyed)
• He was unable to ask anything from his father, he used to slow murmurs. ​

Mother's reaction:

• Mother grabbed his attention from toys to flowered mustard as she was knowing the child's love for nature.
• He became busy watching those flowers.

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