Moments The Lost Child - CBSE Revision Notes

CBSE Class 09 English Language and Literature
Revision Note
Moments Chapter-1
The Lost Child

  • This story is about a little child who is guided by his parents to the village fair.
  • The child was attracted to many things in the fair like toys, dragon-flies,little insects and worms, sweets, flowers, balloons, etc.
  • Thrilled by all these things,he lagged behind his parents.
  • His parents constantly kept watch over him,
  • He wanted to own them all, but he knew his plea would not be heeded and his parents would refuse to buy him anything.
  • So without waiting for an answer he moved on with them.
  • He was immensely attracted by a roundabout in full swing.He made a bold request for a ride on the roundabout. There was no reply. When he turned round he could not find them anywhere.
  • Panic-stricken he runs here and there in search of his parents, crying in real fear,
    “Mother, Father.”He realizes that he is lost.He feels absolutely desolated.
  • A kind hearted man picks him up in his arms and tries to console him.
  • The person offers him all those things which he wanted earlier.
  • But now the child does not want anything.
  • He just sobbed, “I want my father, I want my mother.