https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild By Mulk Raj Anand en-us 2021-05-23 05:48:46 UTC 2021-06-01 10:28:15 UTC hello@padlet.com saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1550915640 The Lost Child is a story of a boy who goes to a fair with his parents.He is fascinated by various sweets and toys there.His parents refuse to buy them for him.But later when he gets lost and is unable to find his parents, he doesn't want the things anymore.]]> 2021-05-23 05:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1550915640 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1550919294 During spring, the boy and his parents go to a fair.The people there walked and rode on horses,bullock carts and bamboo carts.The boy ran with immense happiness and glee. ]]> 2021-05-23 05:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1550919294 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1550922126 The child's eyes lingered on the toys in the shops that lined the way.AS he asked his parents if he could buy them he saw the old, cold stare of refusal in his eyes.His father stared at him with red eyes whereas his mother was tender.]]> 2021-05-23 05:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1550922126 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1550929029 Then holding his hand,his mother took him to a flowering mustard field pale like melting gold. It swept across miles and miles of even land.]]> 2021-05-23 06:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1550929029 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1550938553 He saw a group of dragon flies bustling about on their gaudy purple wings intercepting the flight of a lone black bee or butterfly.He followed them and tried to catch them but they always went flapping,fluttering up into the air.]]> 2021-05-23 06:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1550938553 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551416619 But he saw that his parents were not there.A full deep cry rose within his throat.He was convulsed with fear and didn't know where to go.Hot and fierce tears rolled down his eyes and he became panic stricken.]]> 2021-05-23 14:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551416619 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551418142 His yellow turban became untied and clothes became muddy.He ran to and fro. Standing defeated he tried to find his parents among the crowd.His cries were suppressed into sobs.]]> 2021-05-23 14:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551418142 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551483129 He ran quickly to a nearby shrine which was flooded with people.Near the entrance of the temple, the crowd became very thick.Men with flashy murderous eyes and hefty shoulders congested the entrance.]]> 2021-05-23 15:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551483129 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551485370 He struggled to make out a way between them as he was knocked to and fro by their brutal movements.He might have been trampled underfoot.]]> 2021-05-23 15:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551485370 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551487851 He shrieked and a man in the surging crowd heard his cry.He lifted him up in his arms.]]> 2021-05-23 15:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551487851 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551489136 He asked the child his whereabouts. He took him to the roundabout and asked the child if he wanted to have a ride but the child refused.]]> 2021-05-23 16:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551489136 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551490962 He took the child to the snake charmer playing his flute to the swaying cobra, showed him the colorful balloons, offered him a flower garland and sweets.The child wanted only his mother and father. All the things which he desired earlier were of no use to him now that his parents were not there with him.]]> 2021-05-23 16:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551490962 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551512107 The parents called the child onto the footpath, but there he was attracted by the tiny insects and worms that were coming out together from their hiding places to enjoy the sunshine.]]> 2021-05-23 16:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551512107 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551512988 As the child was entering the grove. a shower of young flowers fell over him and he began to collect the raining petals in his hands.]]> 2021-05-23 16:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551512988 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551513573 The child ran towards his parents to the edge of a well in the  shade of a grove where they had seated themselves.But he was attracted by the cooing of the doves.]]> 2021-05-23 16:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551513573 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551513771 The child now began running around the banyan tree.]]> 2021-05-23 16:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551513771 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551514031 His parents picked him up and took him to the fair. There he was fascinated by the narrow winding footpaths converging to the whirlpool of the fair.]]> 2021-05-23 16:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551514031 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551514571 A sweetmeat seller was selling burfi, gulabjamun, rasagulla and jalebi. A large number of people were present at his counter looking at the architecture of colorful sweets.The child wanted burfi as it was his favorite sweet but he knew that his parents would say he was greedy.]]> 2021-05-23 16:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551514571 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551515126 A flower seller was selling A garland of gulmohar. The child was irresistibly drawn to the flowers that lay heaped in the corner in a basket.But he know his parents would say that they were of cheap quality.]]> 2021-05-23 16:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551515126 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551515465 The child desired to possess the colourful balloons but he knew his parents would say he was too old to play with such toys.]]> 2021-05-23 16:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551515465 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551515914 The child went towards the snake charmer.He was playing his flute to a snake coiled in a basket.But he knew his parents would not allow him to hear such coarse music]]> 2021-05-23 16:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551515914 saumyaarora2908 https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551517343 Seeing the roundabout in full swing, the child requested his parents to take him to the roundabout.]]> 2021-05-23 16:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/saumyaarora2908/thelostchild/wish/1551517343