Question

Just as I was going to take my first sip, I heard Father's voice, Do you have a pair

of old shoes?

Why? I asked.

The road is uneven and full of pebbles. It hurts while walking.

I looked at Father's bare feet. Never having worn shoes, his feet had developed

cracks and somehow resembled those of an clephant.

I noticed this for the frst

time. I hadnt noticed that the road was uneven.

I didn't have to since I was wearing

a pair of hunting boots. I checked my wallet and saw I still had around Rs.40 with

me. A pair of canvas shoes would cost around Rs. 12 and the remaining amount

would be enough for me to get to Bomdila.

My father protested. Give me an old pair. You don't have to spend money on new

shoes.' I couldn't convince him to buy a new pair. Reluctantly

I gave him the hunting boots I was wearing. I then took out my pair of leather shoes from the

trunk, and noticed my father's face lighting up with contentment. Suddenly he

looked at me and said, Take care.

Write to us..

Father wanted to say something but the bus started moving. I saw my father

gradually receding into the distance.

I saw that the road we had come by looked like

a giant motionless rope. Father would use the same road to go back home

Simultaneously our journeys started in two opposite directions, with me seuted in

the luxurious seat of a bus and Father walking back with weary legs on the pebble

strewn road. 1. Why do you think, the narrator had not noticed the cracks on his father's feet?

2. What does this tell us about the narrator?

3. How is the narrator's journey different from that of his father's P

If you were in author's place what would you do ?​

Answer 1

to let somebody have something, especially something that he/she wants or needs