Question

What is the 'fragrance of the gods? Why were children in the village so eager to catch a whiff of it?​

Answer 1

The children were eager to catch a whiff of it because their village was so remote that a vehicle passing by the village was a rare occasion and that naturally created a curiosity among the children. So they would chase the vehicles and tried to absorb themselves in the remnants of the vehicles which was the exhaust.