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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.

The story is about a child and his parents who are going to a fair. On their way to the fair, the child sees a toy shop and asks his parents to buy him a toy, but, his father stared at him and he understood the father's silent "No". Then to divert his mind, his mother called him up to the mustard field. The Child saw various things on his way to the fair such as insects, doves, butterflies and so on. In the fair also, he sees various things such as sweets and balloons, but he didn't request his parents because he knew what would be the reply. So, he mumered and moved on. On reaching the roundabout, he couldn't resist himself and made a bold request saying that he wants to go on the roundabout and when he turned back for the reply, his mother and father were not there!!! He was confused and ran here and there. He ran to the shrine and fell down. It was then that the kind man came to help him. He offered him everything that he wanted earlier but the child refused and cried for his parents. This shows that the child's parent's were the center an the meaning of his life and all the luxuries in the world were meaningless to him without his parents.

The writer has kept the story ending open, and we may assume that the child met his parents later, as he was not the only one who was finding his parents, but, his parents were also finding him.