CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -<br> After gathering all necessary details, Valli started saving money thriftily. She saved every coin that came her way. It was not an easy job for a girl of eight years. She had to resist her temptation of buying peppermints, toys, balloons and having a ride on the merry-go-round.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Valli saved up the money for her first journey by resisting the temptations to buy toys, balloons, peppermints, and so on. It was very difficult for her to save money. Thus, she had been able to save sixty paisa for her first bus journey.

Detailed explanation-4: -Valli found out that the bus journey to the town took 45 minutes and the two-way fare was 60 paise. She found out these details by listening carefully to the conversations between her neighbours and people who regularly used the bus and asked a few questions here and there.