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Madam Rides The Bus

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Thinking About The Text

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Question 1.
What was Valli’s deepest desire? Find the words and phrases in the story that tell you this.
Answer:
Valli’s deepest desire was to go on a bus ride. The words and phrases in the story that tell this are
‘source of unending joy’, ‘stare wistfully’, and ‘kindle in her longings, dreams and hopes’.

Question 2.
How did Valli plan her bus ride? What did she find out about the bus, and how did she save up
the fare?
Answer:
Over many days and months, Valli listened carefully to conversations between her neighbours
and people who regularly used the bus and asked a few discreet questions here and there. She
came to know that the town was six miles from her village, the bus fare was thirty paise and the
bus trip took forty-five minutes. She also thought that if she stayed in the bus and came back by
the same bus it would only cost her sixty paise. She painstaking saved each and every penny she
got, resisting all temptation to buy peppermints, toys, etc and even a ride on the merry-go-round
at the village annual fair so as to save sixty paise. It was a secret trip which she had planned
without the knowledge of her parents.

Question 3.
What kind of person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentences from the
text and fill in the blanks. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.
Answer:
Valli was a confident girl who did not think that her age was a limitation to her travelling alone
to the town. She considered herself a grown up and acted like one.

Question 4.
Why does the conductor refer to Valli as ‘Madam’?
Answer:
The conductor called Valli ‘Madam’ as she behaved like a grown up and did not think that she
was a child. She also refused his help and told him that she can manage on her own.

Question 5.
Find the lines in the text which tell you that Valli was enjoying her ride on the bus.
Answer:
Valli thoroughly enjoyed her ride in the bus. The following lines from the text tell us about it.
She saw so many things on her way-a canal, palm trees, grasslands, distant mountains. “Oh! it
was all so wonderful,” that’s what she felt. “Sometimes the bus seemed on the point of gobbling
up another vehicle that was coming towards them or a pedestrian crossing the road. Somehow it
passed smoothly, leaving all obstacles behind and then she saw a cow running very fast, infront
of the bus. This all seemed very funny to Valli and she laughed and laughed till tears flowed
from her eyes.”

Question 6.
Why does Valli refuse to look out of the window on her way back?
Answer:
Valli refused to look out of the window on her way back as she saw the dead body of the cow
who was running towards the bus when she was going to town. This made her sad and
frightened.

Question 7.
What does Valli means when she says… “I was just agreeing with you what you said about
things happening without our knowledge”.
Answer:
While making this statement, Valli was trying to hide the fact about her bus ride. She was also
feeling elated at making a successful attempt at her plan.

Question 8.
The author describes the things that Valli sees from an 8 years old’s point of view. Can you find evidence
from the text for his statement?
Answer:
Yes, for example when the author says, ‘she was fascinated by the bus’ and ‘watching the bus fill with a
new set of people each time was a source of unending joy for her’. When the author describes the bus, he
stresses on the colour and look of the new bus ‘like silver’ because a child is attracted towards colour.
‘The seats were soft and luxurious’. The description that the author gives when Valli looked outside are
also typical of a 8 year old. ‘The blue sky’ and ‘acres and acres of green field’, show the enthusiasm a
child. A cow running in front of the bus fascinated the child whereas the sight of dead cow brought tears
in her eyes and she refused to look outside the window on her return journey. This’also describes the
behaviour of an 8 year old child aptly.

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