What shock did the boy experience after making his desire for the roundabout?
“The story reflects a playful and innocent desire of a child”—Discuss with
reference to the story ‘The Lost Child’
Answers
Explanation:
The little boy’s eyes lingered on the receded
toys and other shops. It was near the roundabout when he realized he had lost
his way. He was so engrossed in observing it moving in full swing, men and
women shrieking and shouting with dizzy laughter that he lost his way. It was
when he called out his parents to allow him a ride in the roundabout that he
turned back and understood they weren’t with him. He looked around but there
was no sign of them.
The child, attracted by the various items in the fair, stopped at every one of them, always lagging behind his parents.
The boy was fascinated by the roundabout but when he made a bold request for a ride on it, he got no reply because he had got separated from his parents and was lost. Only then, the child realised that he had been lost.