Question

Read the following passage carefully and do as directed:
THE LAST BARGAIN
"Come and hire me." I cried, while in the moming I was walking on the stone-paved
road.
Sword in hand the King came in his chariot
He held my hand and said, "I will hire you with my power."
But his power counted for naught, and he went away in his chariot.
In the heat of the mid-day the houses stood with shut doors.
I wandered along the crooked lane.
An old man came out with his bag of gold
He pondered and said, "I will hire you with my money."
He weighed his coins one by one, but I turned away.
It was evening. The garden hedge was all a flower.
The fair maid came out and said, "I wil hire you with a smile."
Her smile paled and melted into tears, and she went back alone into the dark
The sun glistened on the sand, and the sea waves broke waywardly
A child sat playing with shells.
He raised his head and seemed to know me and said, "I hire you with nothing."
From henceforward that bargain struck in child's play made me a free man
-Rabindranath Tagore
Glossary
1 bargain: an agreement in which both parties promise to do something for each other, 2 hire to
give work or a job in exchange for wages or salary: 3 wandered moved around, 4 crooked not
straight; s pondered: thought about 6 hedge a row of bushes or small trees planted close
logether; 7. paled: became yellow, 8 glistened shane
2
1. Answer the following questions very briefly:
What was the speaker doing?
Who bought the speaker?​

Answer 1

The speaker was busy finding work

a small boy bought the speaker for nothing