CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -“Madam Rides the Bus” by Vallikkannan is a sensitive story that describes the bus journey of an eight-year-old girl who stepped into the outer world for the first time. The story followed Valli, an eight-year-old girl who lived near a bus stop village.

Detailed explanation-2: -Summary of Madam rides the bus The main character of this story is an eight-year-old girl Valli who lives near a bus stop in a village. Valli develops a desire to enjoy a ride on the bus. For this purpose, she needs to reduce her expenses so that she can save enough money for the two-way fair.

Detailed explanation-3: -What did Valli see out of the window on her first journey? Valli enjoyed the nature’s beauty out of the bus window. She saw the bus going along the bank of a canal with the palm trees and mountains in the background and the blue sky. On the other side, she saw a deep ditch and large green fields spread across acres.

Detailed explanation-4: -She saw palm trees, grasslands, distant mountains and the vast blue sky. Acres of green fields stretched out as far as her eyes could see. The bus went past the railway station, the bright looking shops and through the busy crossroads.

Detailed explanation-5: -The conductor calls Valli ‘madam’ because of her confidence. When she was trying to board the bus, the conductor stretched his hand to help her, but Valli didn’t take his help and said that she can get on the bus by herself. She tried to behave like a mature lady.