What does the child wish to be?

What does the child wish to do with the breeze?

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The child wishes to be a kite.

The child wishes to ride upon the breeze and go whichever way he/she was chanced to blow by the breeze.

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Q. Ranji sees his adversary in the bazaar. What does he wish to do? What does he actually do, and why?

Ranji sees his adversary in the bazaar.

(i) What does he wish to do?

(ii) What does he actually do, and why?

You partner and you may now be able to answer these questions.

(i) Who is the speaker in the poem? Who are the people the speaker meets? What are they doing?

(ii) What wishes does the child in the poem make? Why does the child want to be a hawker, a gardener, or a watchman? Pick out the lines in each stanza, which tell us this.

(iii) From the way the child envies the hawker, the gardener and the watchman, we can guess that there are many things the child has to do, or must not do.

Make a list of the DOs and DON’Ts that the child doesn’t like.

The first line is done for you.

The child must	The child must not
Come home at a fixed time.	Get his clothes dirty in the dust.
__________________	__________________
__________________	__________________
__________________	__________________

Now add to the list your own complaints about the things you have to do, or must not do.

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What does the child wish to be? What does the child wish to do with the breeze?

The child wishes to be a kite. The child wishes to ride upon the breeze and go whichever way he/she was chanced to blow by the breeze.

What does the child wish to be?

What does the child wish to do with the breeze?

The child wishes to be a kite.

The child wishes to ride upon the breeze and go whichever way he/she was chanced to blow by the breeze.