Why didn’t he pay the school fees on the day he brought money to school?
Discuss the following points.
(i) Is the boy intelligent? If so, what is the evidence of it?
(ii) Does his outlook on the jalebis episode change after class VIII? Does he see that episode in a new light?
If God had granted his wish that day, what harm would it have caused him in later life?
Did he get four rupees by playing the game? What did he get to see under the rock?
He offers to play a game with Allah Miyan. What is the game?
His prayer to God is like a lawyer’s defence of a bad case. Does he argue his case well? What are the points he makes?
(iii) Why are coins made to ‘talk’ in this story? What purpose does it serve?
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When it is time to pay the fees, what does he do? How is he disobeying the elders by doing so?
How did he plan to pay the fees the next day?
“Children’s stomachs are like digestion machines.” What do you understand by that? Do you agree?
“The fear was killing me.” What was the fear?
What was the consequence of buying jalebis with the fees money?
(i) Why didn’t he eat all the jalebis he had bought?
He reached home with the coins in his pocket. What happened then?
(ii) Did he follow his advice? If not, why not?
(i) What did the oldest coin tell him?
Why didn’t he take the coins’ advice? Give two or three reasons.
(ii) Do you think they were misguiding him?
(ii) What did he do with the remaining jalebis?
(i) What were the coins ‘saying’ to him?
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