Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow in one or two lines :-
The child followed them in the air with his gaze, till one of them would still its wings and rest ,and he would try to catch it.
(a) who or what does ' them' in this extract refer to?
(b) what traits of the child 's character are revealed in this extract ?
Answers
Answer:
The story is based on the theme of the close bond that children share with their parents. The lost child forgets all about his desires and yearns deeply for his parents when he fails to find them. Everything else loses its significance and the only thing that matters is his wish to be reunited with his parents.
Theme (2)
A child looks at this world with wide eyes. He is attracted towards most of the things he comes across in daily life. The child wants to possess all things that he is attracted to. But very often, the parents are not able to fulfil the wishes of the child. This may be due to two reasons. Either they are not able to afford it or they feel that a particular thing is not good for the child. The child may not understand this and may even feel angry. But the child understands the worth of his parents in their absence. He longs for his parents and cries for them. In this story we find the child crying for his parents when he gets lost and nothing else matters to him.