Question

Do you know him?’

‘Yes, I know him.’

‘Tell him to send me a blanket. There is a cold mist in the mornings. If I catch cold it

doesn’t leave me for a long time. Tell him to send a blanket, won’t you? A red one. I

had a blanket, the one he brought for me when he was studying in Madras. It is all

tattered now, just a ball of knotted yarn. Tell him to send me a red blanket, will you?’

‘I’l tell him,’ he nodded.

‘Please don’t forget to tell him. The mist is not good for me. I think I’ll stretch

myself out for a bit. I have been sitting too long in the armchair. I have a pain in the

neck. Gopi’s sister put Amma to bed and came back to the veranda.

‘You didn’t come to see Amma, did you?’

‘Delhi is too expensive. You know I have four children to look after now. I can’t make

both ends meet with my salary. And one has to keep up one’s status. It will be a

great help if I can raise some money by selling my share of the family property. I

came to talk it over with you’

‘You’ll sell your land and go away with the money. I know you won’t come here

anymore after that.’

‘Don’t say that. I’ll come when I get time.’

‘Your time!’ He saw the irritation on his sister’s face.

‘It took you more than five years to find time to come here. Amma is eighty three

now. I don’t think she will pull on much longer. It took you so long to visit her after

the last time.’

‘But Amma can’t remember who I am,’ he said smiling feebly.

‘But do you remember your Amma?’

Answer the following questions

1. Who forgot whom? Is it that the mother forgot the son or the son forgot the

mother? (Read the last line of the story before writing your answer)

A. ...........................................................................................................................

2. What did the mother ask Gopi to bring?

A. ...........................................................................................................................

3. ‘Delhi is too expensive.’ What was the intention of the son by telling this?

A. ...........................................................................................................................

4. “I came to talk it over with you” What was the topic Gopi wanted to discuss?

A. ...........................................................................................................................

5. ‘Your time!’ He saw the irritation on his sister’s face. Why was the sister irritated

When Gopi said that “ I will come when I get time” ?

A. ...........................................................................................................................

6. What is the moral of the story?

A. ...........................................................................................................................​

Answer 1

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