In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
The child wants many things in fair. They are as follows:
- Toys and balloons.
- Sweets like burfi from the sweetmeat seller.
- Garland of gulmohar flower.
- Attracted by the snake charmer play flute to a snake.
- A ride in the roundabout swing.
The boy moved on without waiting for an answer from his parents because he knew that his parents would not fulfil his wish and would be denied at each stop.
When does he realise that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?
The cat and the author are very fond of each other. How has this been shown in the story? Where was the cat after the fire? Who brings it back and how?
Can you think of some other ending for the story?
Why does the disciple decide to stay in the Kingdom of Fools? Is it a good idea?
How does Bill Bryson end up in a “crash position” in the aircraft?
Is Lushkoff a willing worker? Why, then, does he agree to chop wood for Sergei?
How does he narrate the story of the tusker? Does it appear to be plausible?
What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go to Egypt?
What is the meaning of “My cat was back and so was I”? Had the author gone anywhere? Why does he say that he is also back?