CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Valli bought nothing from the town.  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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Valli had thriftily saved whatever stray coins came her way. She resisted every temptation to buy peppermints, toys, balloons and ride on the merry-go-round at the village fair to save money for her bus journey.

Detailed explanation-3: -Valli saw a young cow, the tail was high in the air running very fast right in front of the bus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Solution : One reaching back home. Valli saw that her mother was awake and talking to one of her aunts. That gave her a sigh of relief because she had not told her mother about her secret trip of bus to the village.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: 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.