Comprehension Check
1. What was the consequence of buying jalebis with the fees money?
2. His prayer to God is like a lawyer's defence of a bad case. Does he
argue his case well? What are the points he makes?
3. He offers to play a game with Allah Miyan. What is the game?
4. Did he get four rupees by playing the game? What did he get to see
under the rock?
5. If God had granted his wish that day, what harm would it have caused
him in later life?
Answers
Explanation:
Question 1: Why didn’t he pay the school fees on the day he brought money to school?
Answer: The teacher who was in charge of collecting the fees was on leave on that day. So the child did not pay the school fees on the day he brought the money.
Question 2: What were the coins ‘saying’ to him? Do you think they were misguiding him?
Answer: The coins were ‘saying’ to him to buy jalebis and enjoy them. The money was meant for the school fees and coins were tempting him to divert it for pleasure of jalebis.
Question 3: Why didn’t he take the coins’ advice? Give two or three reasons.
Answer: He was an honest boy. He was studious and had an image to protect in the school. He did not want to misuse the money meant for school fees. He did not want to get caught doing wrong things.
Question 4: What did the oldest coin tell him? Did he follow his advice? If not, why not?
Answer: The oldest coin advised him to buy jalebis on that day and pay the fees from scholarship money. The scholarship money was to arrive on the very next day. The boy was proud of getting scholarship and did not want to hurt his reputation so he did not follow the coin’s advice.
Question 5: He reached home with the coins in his pocket. What happened then?
Answer: When he reached home the coins started to choke their voices in an effort to persuade the boy. Then the boy ran towards the shop selling jalebis to follow coin’s advice.