Question

why does the Lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier

Answer 1

Because he lost his parents...
He loses all his interest in other things and he was crying only "I want my father! I want my mother!.

Answer 2

The Lost child lose interest in the things he had wanted earlier because the child has lost his parents. He is in great fear. He is crying. Without his parents he feels himself unsafe. Now the child wants only his father and his mother.

**This story ‘The Lost child’ was written by Mulk Raj Anand. In the story the writer wants to tell us that a child can not live without his parents.

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