CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The trip to the town took forty-five minutes. On reaching the town, if she stayed in her seat and paid another thirty paise, she could return home on the same bus. She found out these details by listening carefully to the conversations between her neighbours and the people who regularly used the bus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Valli planned that she would take the one o’clock afternoon bus, reach the town at one forty-five, and be back home by about two forty-five. She found out that the town was six miles from her village. The fare was thirty paise one way.

Detailed explanation-3: -Valli’s fascination for the bus ride compelled her to board the bus to the town just for the sake of riding it. Being a little kid, she found the town too big, crowded and glittering. Moreover, she had no money to buy anything. So, she did not get down at the town.

Detailed explanation-4: -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, in front of the bus.