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