CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -This is a sensitive story of an eight year old girl’s first bus journey into the world outside her village . The girl Valli, at a very tender age, tries to understand the mystery of life and death. The outside world for Valli is charming and fascinating but mysterious. She longs to experience it by herself.

Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation: During her first bus journey, Valli was full of enthusiasm and excitement. She enjoyed the landscape, the canal, palm trees, distant mountains and green fields stretching out as far as her eye could see. She reacted strongly when she was called ‘a child’ or ‘madam’.