Did patiya and his grandmother share a special bond? Explain with examples from the text.
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Explanation:
The festival of Vesak is usually celebrated in
May in India and Southeast Asia. It is a feast in
the honor of the Buddha and people’s hearts are
filled with favor as they flock to the temples
to pay their respects. At sundown on the first
day of the festival, many lanterns of various
colors begin twinkling in homes everywhere.
2.
Patiya got his idea for the lantern from the
ones he had seen in the city the previous year
when his grandmother and he had gone to
see the festival illuminations there. Some of
the lanterns had seemed as big as houses,
and Patiya had been unable to forget them.
3.
The first difficulty that Patiya faced was the
thought that he would not be able to afford
enough paper to cover the huge lantern. Granny
solved the problem by telling Patiya that they
would dig up their crop of sweet potatoes, sell
them at the market and then use that money
to buy paper for the lantern.
4.
Granny and
Patiya began working on the lantern one day
before Vesak. There wasn’t enough room on the
small porch for the lantern and two persons.
So Granny got inside the framework and sat
on the floor, cutting the paper. Patiya stood
on a chair outside and pasted the pieces of
paper on the framework. Granny kept cutting
out paper flowers and trimming. Patiya kept
taking them from her by reaching into the
top of the lantern and pasting them on the
lantern in the way he thought they looked best.
5.
The people of the village celebrated Vesak
by going to the temple early in the morning
and participating in a ceremony where they
prayed wholeheartedly. In the evening, they
hung up the bright paper lanterns they made
with a lot of care over the last month.
6.
The
last challenge was that, in his excitement, Patiya
had closed the last opening on the lantern
that was being left open for Granny’s exit. He
had therefore pasted Granny in. Granny asked
Patiya not to worry. She lit the candles and sat
down to meditate patiently inside the lantern.
Granny’s patience helped them overcome the
difficulty.
yes
Yes, Patiya and his grandmother shared
a special bond of friendship and affection.
Whenever Patiya had an
y problem,
like
the time
he thought he wouldn’t have enough paper
to cover the lantern, he approached Granny.
Granny was always pa
tient with Patiya and did
her best to keep him happy. Despite having a
lot to do, she eagerly helped Patiya to make
his lantern.