Madam Rides the Bus, Lesson Questions and Answers, for class 10, by P.B.

Lesson Questions & Answers

Oral Comprehension Check

1. What was Valli’s favourite pastime? 

(ভলিৰ প্রিয় আজৰি সময় কি আছিল?)

Answer:

            Valli’s favourite pastime was standing in the front doorway of her house and watching what was happening in the street outside.

(ভলিৰ প্রিয় আজৰি সময় আছিল ঘৰৰ দুৱাৰ সন্মুখত ৰৈ থকা আরু বাহিৰৰ ৰাস্তাত কি ঘটি আছে চাই থকা।)

2. (a)What was a source of unending joy for Valli? (ভলিৰ এক অসমাপ্ত জয়ৰ উৎস কি আছিল?      

(b)What was her strongest desire? /What was Valli’s tiny wish ? তাইৰ শক্তিশালী ইচ্ছা কি আছিল? /ভলিৰ সরু আশাতো কি আছিল ?)

Answer

        (a) A source of unending joy for Valli was the sight of the bus which travelled between her village and the nearest town.  It filled with a new set of passengers each time.  It passed through her street each hour.

(ভলিৰ অসমাপ্ত জয়ৰ উৎসতো আছিল সেই বাছখনৰ দৃশ্যতো যিখন তাইৰ গাওঁ আরু ওচৰৰ চহৰৰ মাজত ভ্রমণ কৰিছিল ।)

(b) Her strongest desire was to ride on that bus just once. This desire crept into her mind after she had seen the bus for many days.(New)   (তাইৰ শক্তিশালি ইচ্ছাতো আছিল সেই বাছখনত এবাৰ হ’লেও ভ্রমণ কৰা । বহুদিন বাছখন দেখাৰ পিছত সেই ইচ্ছাতো তাইৰ মুৰত প্রবেশ কৰিছিল ।)

 
3. (a)What did Valli find out about the bus journey? Or: Mention/describe the small details that finds out by Valli about the bus journey.(ভলিয়ে বাছভ্রমণৰ বিষয়ে কি কি বিছাৰি উলিৱাইছিল ? অথবা বাছভ্রমণৰ বিষয়ে ভলিয়ে পোৱা সরু সরু তথ্যবোৰ উল্লেখ/ব্যাখ্যা কৰা ।)

(b) How did she find out these details? Or: How did Valli pick up various small details about the bus journey? (কেনেকৈ তাই এই তথ্যবোৰ বিছাৰি উলিৱাইছিল ? অথবা কেনেকৈ তাই বাছভ্রমণৰ বিষয়ে সরু সরু তথ্যবোৰ সংগ্রহ কৰিছিল ।)

Answer
           (a) The small details that found out by Valli were as follows:

         At first, the town was six miles from her village. Secondly, the fare was thirty paise one way. At third, the trip to the town took forty-five minutes. Fourthly, on reaching the town, if she stayed in her seat and paid another thirty paise, she could return home on the same bus. Fifthly, she knew that the time of the afternoon bus was one o’ clock.

(ভলিয়ে বিচাৰি উলিওৱা সরু সরু তথ্যবোৰ আছিল এনেধৰণরঃ

        প্রথমতে, সেই চহৰখন গাওঁৰ পৰা ৬ মাইল দূৰত । দ্বিতীয়তে, এবাৰত ভাড়া আছিল ৩০ পইচা । তৃতীয়তে, চহৰলৈ যাবলৈ ৪৫ মিনিট লাগিছিল । চতুর্থতে, চহৰ পোৱাত, যদি তাই তাইৰ বহাতে থাকে আরু বেলেগ ৩০ পইচা দিয়ে, তেন্তে তাই একেখন বাছতে ঘৰলৈ ঘূৰি আহিব পাৰিব । পঞ্চমতে, তাই জানিছিল যে আবিলীৰ বাছখনৰ সময় আছিল ১ বজা ।)

(b) (1)She found out/collected these details by listening carefully to the conversations between her neighbours and the people who regularly used the bus. (2) She gained the details by asking a few discreet questions about the bus journey. (3) Also, she knew the fare of the bus from one well-dressed man say.(New)

(১)তাই এই তথ্যবোৰ তাইৰ ওচৰ চুবুৰীয়া আরু মানুহবোৰৰ কথোপকথনৰ পৰা সংগ্রহ কৰিছিল, যিসকলে সেই বাছখন সদায় ব্যৱহাৰ কৰিছিল । (২) বাছৰ বিষয়ে কিছুমান সতর্ক প্রশ্ন সুধি তাই বাছ ভ্রমণৰ বিষয়ে সেই তথ্যবোৰ   জানিছিল । (৩) আনকি, তাই বাছখনৰ ভাড়াটো এজন সু-পোছাক পৰিধান কৰা মানুহ এজনৰ কথাৰ পৰা জানিছিল ।)

4. What do you think Valli was planning to do?

(তুমি কি ভাবা, ভলিয়ে পৰিকল্পনা কৰিছিলনে ?)

Answer
    Valli was planning to travel on that bus just once. That was her strongest desire for many days. So, she tried to fulfill her hope by a few planning’s.

(হয়, ভলিয়ে সেই বাছখনত এবাৰলৈ হ’লেওঁ ভ্রমণ কৰিবৰ বাবে পৰিকল্পনা কৰিছিল । সেইটো তাইৰ বহু দিনৰ আশা আছিল । সেয়েহে, তাই কিছুমান পৰিকল্পনাৰ জৰিয়তে তাইৰ আশা পূৰণ কৰিব বিছাৰিছিল ।)

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Oral Comprehension Check

1. Why does the conductor call/address Valli ‘madam’?

(কিয় কন্ডাক্টৰ জনে ভলিক ‘মেদাম’ বুলি মাতিছে বা সম্বুধন কৰিছে ?)

Answer

          In the bus, Valli behaves as a more mature girl than her age. She is trying to look overconfident and smart. So, the conductor is amused at her behaviour. Also, he uses the word ‘madam’ to match her behaviours and making some fun of/with her. (New)

(বাছত, ভলিয়ে তাইৰ বয়সতকৈ অধিক বয়সৰ এজনী ছোৱালীৰ নিছিনাকৈ ব্যৱহাৰ কৰিছে । তাই অধিক জনা আরু চোকা বুলি দেখুৱাব বিছাৰিছে । সেয়েহে, কন্ডাক্টৰজনে তাইৰ ব্যৱহাৰত আমোদ কৰিছে । লগতে, তাইৰ চৰিত্রৰ সৈতে মিলাবলৈ আরু তাইৰ সৈতে ধেমালি কৰিবৰ বাবে ‘মেদাম’ শব্দটো ব্যবহাৰ কৰিছে ।)

2. (a) Why does Valli stand up on the seat? (কিয় ভলিয়ে নিজৰ জেগাত থিয় হৈছে ?)

(b) What does she see now? Or: What is the panoramic (unbroken) view that Valli sees outside?        (এতিয়া তাই কি দেখিছে ? অথবাঃ ভলিয়ে বাহিৰত কেনেকোৱা এক সৌন্দর্য দেখিছে ?)

Answer
            (a) Valli stands up on her seat because her view is cut off by a canvas blind. She wants to see the outside but she cannot. So, she stands up to look over the canvas blind.

(ভলিয়ে নিজৰ জেগাত থিয় হৈছে কাৰণ, তাইৰ চোৱাতো এখন কেনভাছ কাপোৰে ঢাকি ৰাখিছে । তাই বাহিৰত চাবলৈ বিচাৰিছে কিন্তু তাই পৰা নাই । সেয়ে, তাই সেই কেনভাছ কাপোৰখনৰ ওপৰদি চাবলৈ তাই থিয় হৈছে ।)

(b) Valli sees in the outside that the road is very narrow. On one side, there is the canal and beyond it are palm trees, grassland, distant mountains, and the blue sky. On the other side, there is a deep ditch and many acres of green fields. (New)
(তাই বাহিৰত দেখিছে যে সেই ৰাস্তাতো বৰ থেক । একপিনে, সেই নলাতো আরু ইয়াৰ কাষতে পাল্ম গছ, ঘাঁহনি, দূৰৈত পর্বতবোৰ আরু সেই নীলা আকাশ । আনপিনে, এটা দ গাঁত আরু বহু একৰ সেউজীয়া পথাৰ ।)

3. What does Valli tell the elderly man when he calls her a child?(বয়সস্থ মানুহ জনক ভলিয়ে কি কৈছে যেতিয়া তেওঁ তাইক শিশু বুলি কৈছে ?)
Answer
        When the elderly man calls her a child, Valli tells him that there is nobody child on the bus. She has paid her fare of thirty paise like everyone. So, she is not a child. (New)    (যেতিয়া সেই বয়সস্থ মানুহজনে তাইক শিশু বুলি কৈছে, ভলিয়ে তেওঁক কৈছে যে বাছখনত কোনো শিশু নাই । তাই বেলেগৰ নিছিনা তাইৰ ৩০ পইচা আদায় দিছে । সেয়ে, তাই এজনি শিশু নহয় ।)

4. Why didn’t Valli want to make friends with the elderly woman?(ভলিয়ে কিয় সেই বয়সস্থ মহিলাগৰাকীৰ সৈতে বন্ধুত্ব কৰিব বিছৰা নাছিল ?)

Answer
         (1) The elderly woman had big holes in her ear lobes and ugly earrings in them. (2) She was chewing betel nut and the betel juice was threatening to spill over her lips at any moment. (3) She was also rebuking/scolding Valli for her solitude. That is why/so/for these reasons, Valli did not want to make friend with her. (New)
(১।সেই বয়সস্থ মহিলাগৰাকীৰ কাণত ডাঙৰ ডাঙৰ ফুতা আছিল । ২।তাই তামোল চুবাই আছিল আরু তামুলৰ পিক যিকোনো মুহূর্ততে পৰাৰ ভয় আছিল । ৩।লগতে, তেওঁ ভলিক তাইৰ অকলশৰীয়াৰ বাবে গালি পাৰি আছিল । সেয়েহে/এইবোৰ কাৰণতে, ভলিয়ে সেই বয়সস্থ মহিলাগৰাকীৰ সৈতে বন্ধুত্ব কৰিব বিছৰা নাছিল ।) 

Oral Comprehension Check

1. (a)How did Valli save up money for her first journey? (b)Was it easy for Valli to save up money for her first time?
        (ভলিয়ে তাইৰ প্রথম বাছ ভ্রমণৰ বাবে কেনেকৈ টকা সাছিচিল ? প্রথম বাৰৰ বাবে টকা সংগ্রহ কৰাতো তাইৰ কাৰণে সহজ আছিলনে?)
Answer:  (a)Valli saved every coin that came her way. She had resisted/rejected every temptation like to buy peppermints, toys, balloons and so on. Also, she had controlled herself in the day of the village fair and the desire to ride the merry-go-round. Thus, she could save sixty paise for her journey. (New)

(ভলিয়ে তাইলৈ অহা প্রতিটো মুদ্রা সংগ্রহ কৰিছিল । তাই তেল কিনা, পুতলা কিনা, বেলোন কিনা আরু আন বহুতো আমোদ জনক বস্তু বাদ দিছিল । লগতে, তাই গাওঁৰ মেলা দিনাখনো নিজকে সংযম কৰিছিল আরু চকৰিত উঠাতোওঁ । এইদরে, তাই ৬০ পইচা সংগ্রহ কৰিবলৈ সক্ষম হৈছিল ।)

            (b)It was not so easy for her. Because, it was not possible for a girl on her age. But, she could do that for her strongest desire.(New)

(এইটো তাইৰ বাবে ইমান সহজ নাছিল । কাৰণ, এইটো তাইৰ বয়সৰ এজনী ছোৱালীৰ বাবে সম্ভব নাছিল । কিন্তু, তাই সেইটো তাইৰ শক্তিশালী ইচ্ছাৰ কাৰণে কৰিব পাৰিছিল।)

2. What did Valli see on her way that made her laugh?(ভলিৰ যোৱাৰ পথত কিহে তাইক হাঁহি উঠাইছিল ?)
Answer:
       On travelling to town, Valli saw a young cow whose tail was high in the air. It was running right in front of the bus in the middle of the road. When the driver sounded his horn loudly, then the cow frightened. After that, in the more honks, the cow started running faster and faster right in front of the bus. Valli found so amusing it that she had tears in her eyes. At last, the cow moved off the road.(New)

(চহৰলৈ গৈ থকা সময়ত, ভলিয়ে এটা বলধ গরু দেখিছিল যাৰ নেজডাল ওপৰলৈ কৰি আছিল । এইটো বাছখনৰ সন্মুখত সু-দিশে ৰাস্তাৰ মাজেদি দৌৰি গৈ আছিল । যেতিয়া, গাড়ীচালকজনে তেওঁৰ হৰণ ডাঙৰকৈ বজাইছিল, তেতিয়া সেই গরুটো ভয় খাইছিল। তাৰ পিছত অধিক হৰনত, গরুটো অতি বেগেৰে বাছৰ সন্মুখত সো-দিশে দৌৰিব ধৰিছিল । এইটোত তাই ইমান আনন্দ পাইছিল যে তাইৰ চকুপানী উলাইছিল ।অৱশেষত গরুটো ৰাস্তাৰ পৰা আতৰি গৈছিল ।)

3. Why didn’t Valli get off the bus at the bus station?

(কিয় ভলিয়ে বাছষ্টেচনত বাছৰ পৰা নমা নাছিল ?)

Answer
(1) Valli did not get off the bus at the bus station because she had to go back on that same bus.                                                                              (2) Besides, she just felt like having a bus ride/ she just wanted to a bus ride. (New)

((১)ভলিয়ে বাছষ্টেচনত বাছৰ পৰা নমা নাছিল কাৰণ তাই সেই একেখন বাছতে ঘূৰি যাব লাগিব ।

(২)ইয়াৰ উপৰিও, তাই কেৱল বাছত ভ্রমণ কৰাতোহে বিছাৰিছিল ।)

4. Why didn’t Valli want to go to the stall and have a drink? What does this tell you about her?

(কিয় ভলিয়ে দুকানলৈ যোৱা নাছিল আরু পানী খোৱা নাছিল ? এইটোয়ে তুমাক তাইৰ বিষয়ে কি কৈছে?)
Answer
             Valli did not want to go to the stall and have a drink because she had no extra money for that. Even when the conductor offered her a cold drink free of charge, then she refused firmly and said that she only wanted her ticket.

(ভলিয়ে দুকানলৈ যোৱা নাছিল আরু পানী খোৱা নাছিল কাৰণ তাইৰ তাৰ কাৰণে বেলেগকৈ টকা নাছিল । আনকি, যেতিয়া কন্ডাক্তৰ জনে তাইক ঠান্দা পনীয় বিনামূল্যে দিছিল, তেতিয়া তাই  গ্রহিণভাবে অস্বীকাৰ কৰিছিল আরু কৈছিল যে তাই তাইৰ টিকেতহে বিচারে ।)  

This shows that Valli had a lot of self will and pride or a sensitive girl. Possibly, she did not want to take anything for free, particularly from a stranger.(New)

(এইটো দেখুৱাই যে তাইৰ বহুতো আত্ম-গৌৰব আছে । সম্ভৱতঃ, তাই বিনামূল্যে একো বিচৰা নাই, বিশেষকৈ এজন অচিনাকী মানুহৰ পৰা ।)

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Thinking about the Text

1. What was Valli’s deepest desire? Find the words and phrases in the story that tell you this.
(ভলিৰ গভিৰ ইচ্ছা কি আছিল ? কোনবোৰ কথায়ে এই বিষয়তো কৈ আছে বিচাৰি উলিওঁৱা ।
Answer
          Valli’s deepest desire was to ride on the bus just once which was travelled through her village to the nearest town.

(ভলিৰ গভিৰ ইচ্ছা আছিল সেই বাছখনত এবাৰ হ’লেও ভ্রমণ কৰা যিখন তাইৰ গাওঁ মজেৰে ওচৰৰ চহৰখনলৈ ভ্রমণ কৰিছিল ৷)

       The sentences in the story which depict this are as follows:
       “Day after day she watched the bus, and gradually a tiny wish crept into her head and grew there: she wanted to ride on that bus, even if just once. This wish became stronger and stronger, until it was an overwhelming desire.”

2. (a)How did Valli plan her bus ride? (কেনেকৈ ভলিয়ে তাইৰ বাছভ্রমণৰ পৰিকল্পনা কৰিছিল ? (b) What did she find out about the bus, বাছৰ বিষয়ে তাই কি কি বিচাৰি উলাইছিল and (c) how did she save up the fare? আরু সেই ভাড়া কেনেকৈ বচাইছিল ?)

Answer
           (a) 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. (ভলিয়ে পৰিকল্পনা কৰিছিল যে তাই আবিলিৰ ১ বজাৰ বাছখন লব, চহৰ পাব ১ বাজি ৪৫ মিনিটত আরু ঘৰলৈ ঘূৰি আহিব ২ বাজি ৪৫ মিনিট ।)

(b) Valli found out/collected about the bus as follows :

At first, the fare of the bus was thirty paise one way. Secondly, the bus took forty-five minutes to reach the town. Thirdly, the time of the afternoon bus was one o’ clock.

(ভলিয়ে বিচাৰি উলিওৱা বাছখনৰ বিষয়ে তথ্যবোৰ এনেধৰণরঃ

প্রথমতে, সেই বাছখনৰ এবাৰত ভাড়া আছিল ৩০ পইচা । দ্বিতীয়তে, চহৰলৈ যাবলৈ বাছখনক ৪৫ মিনিট লাগিছিল । তৃতীয়তে, আবিলিৰ বাছখনৰ সময় আছিল ১ বজা ।)

(c) Valli saved every coin that came her way. She had resisted/rejected every temptation like to buy peppermints, toys, balloons and so on/any other else. Also, she had controlled herself in the day of the village fair and the desire to ride the merry-go-round. Thus, she could save sixty paise for her journey. (New)

(ভলিয়ে তাইলৈ অহা প্রতিটো মুদ্রা সংগ্রহ কৰিছিল । তাই তেল কিনা, পুতলা কিনা, বেলোন কিনা আরু আন বহুতো আমোদ জনক বস্তু বাদ দিছিল । লগতে, তাই গাওঁৰ মেলা দিনাখনো নিজকে সংযম কৰিছিল আরু চকৰিত উঠাতোওঁ । এইদৰে, তাই ৬০ পইচা সংগ্রহ কৰিবলৈ সক্ষম হৈছিল ।)

3. What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentences from the text and fill in the blanks. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.

(i) “Stop the bus! Stop the bus!” And a tiny hand was raised ________________.

(ii) “Yes, I ____________ go to town,” said Valli, still standing outside the bus.

(iii) “There’s nobody here ____________,” she said haughtily. “I’ve paid my thirty paise like everyone else.”

(iv) “Never mind,” she said, “I can ___________. You don’t have to help me. “I’m not a child, I tell you,” she said, _____________.

(v) “You needn’t bother about me. I _____________,” Valli said, turning her face toward the window and staring out.

(vi) Then she turned to the conductor and said, “Well, sir, I hope ______________.”

Answer

(i) “Stop the bus! Stop the bus!” And a tiny hand was raised commandingly.

(ii) “Yes, I simply have to go to town,” said Valli, still standing outside the bus.

(iii) “There’s nobody here who’s a child,” she said haughtily. I’ve paid my thirty paise like everyone else.”

(iv) “Never mind,” she said, “I can get on by myself. You don’t have to help me. “I’m not a child, I tell you,” she said, irritably.

(v) “You needn’t bother about me. I can take care of myself,” Valli said, turning her face toward the window and staring out.

(vi) Then she turned to the conductor and said, “Well, sir, I hope to see you again.”

For Valli, the bus journey probably symbolised the adult world. Like anyone else, she spent her money to buy the ticket. She would have attained a great sense of pride and satisfaction in doing so. Therefore, though a child, Valli wanted to be treated as a grown-up on the bus. She had a great sense of self respect which prevented her from taking anyone’s help. She felt she was able to take care of herself very well, and was easily irritated when anyone treated her as a child.

4. Why does the conductor refer to Valli as ‘madam’?

(কিয় কণ্ডাক্টৰ জনে ভলিক ‘মেদাম’ বুলি বুজাইছে ?)

Answer
         (1) When the conductor stretched out his hand to help Valli to get on the bus, then she said commandingly that she could get on by herself, and she did not require his help. (2) She did not act like a child, but as a grown-up girl and therefore, the conductor called her ‘madam’.

.১।যেতিয়া কণ্ডাক্টৰজনে ভলিক বাছত উঠিবৰ কাৰণে হাতটো মেলি দিছিল, তেতিয়া তাই আদেশৰ নিচিনা কৈছিল যে তাই নিজে উঠিব পাৰে, আরু তাই তেওঁৰ সহায়ৰ দৰকাৰ নাই । তাই এজন সরু শিশুৰ নিচিনা ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা নাছিল অন্যথা এগৰাকী বয়সস্থ ছোৱালীৰ নিচিনা ব্যৱহাৰ কৰিছিল । সেয়েহে, কণ্ডাক্তৰ জনে ভলিক ‘মেদাম’ বুলি কৈছে ।)

       (For More marks add these: )  (3) When the elderly man called her a child and asked her to sit down on her seat, she replied that nobody was a child on the bus. (4) She kept stressing on the fact/she also informed that she had paid her fare like everybody else and therefore, she should not be treated differently.

(৩।যেতিৱা বয়সস্থ মানুহজনে তাইক শিশু বুলি কৈছিল আরু তেওঁৰ জেগাত বহিব দিছিল, তেতিয়া তাই উত্তৰ দিছিল যে বাছখনত কোনো শিশু নাই । ৪।এই কথাতোৰ বিষয়ে তাই কয় যে তাই বেলেগৰ দৰে ৩০ পইচা আদায় দিছে, সেয়েহে তাইক বেলেগ ধৰণে ব্যবহাৰ কৰিব নালাগে ।)

         For these reasons, the conductor refers to Valli as ‘madam’.

(এইবোৰ কাৰণতে, কণ্ডাক্তৰ জনে ভলিক ‘মেদাম’ বুলি সম্বুধন কৰিছে ।)

5. Find the lines in the text which tell you that Valli was enjoying her ride on the bus.

Answer
The following lines in the text show that Valli was enjoying her ride on the bus:

(i) “Valli devoured everything with her eyes.”
(ii) “On the one side there was the canal and, beyond it, palm trees, grassland, distant mountains, and the blue, blue sky. On the other side was a deep ditch and then acres and acres of green fields − green, green, green, as far as the eye could see. Oh, it was all so wonderful!”
(iii) “Everyone laughed, and gradually Valli too joined in the laughter. Suddenly, Valli clapped her hands with glee.”
(iv) “Somehow this was very funny to Valli. She laughed and laughed until there were tears in her eyes.”
(v) “Valli wasn’t bored to the slightest and greeted everything with the same excitement she’d felt the first time.”

6. Why does Valli refuse to look out of the window on her way back?
(কিয় ভলিয়ে তাইৰ ঘূৰি অহাৰ পথত আইনাৰ বাহিৰত চোৱা নাছিল ?)
Answer
      Valli refused to look out of the window on her way back because she saw a young cow lying dead by the roadside, just where it had been struck by some fast-moving vehicle. It was the same cow that was running in front of their bus, during their trip to the town. She was overcome with sadness. The memory of the dead cow damaged her mind. Therefore, she refused to look out of the window.

(ভলিয়ে তাইৰ ঘূৰি অহাৰ সময়ত/দিশত  আইনাৰ বাহিৰত চোৱা নাছিল কাৰণ তাই দেখিছিল যে এক বলধ গরু ৰাস্তাৰ কাষত পৰি আছিল, যিটো অলপ আগতে বেগাই যোৱা যান-বাহনে খুন্দিৱাই থৈ গৈছে। এইটো সেই একে গরুটো আছিল যিটো চহৰলৈ যোৱাৰ পথত বাছৰ সন্মুখেদি দৌৰিছিল । তাই দুখত ভাগি পৰিছিল । সেই মৰা গরুটোৰ ছবিয়ে তাইৰ মন দুৰ্বল কৰিছিল । সেইগতিকে, তাই বাহিৰত চাবলৈ অস্বীকাৰ কৰিছিল ।)

7. What does Valli mean when she says, “I was just agreeing with what you said about things happening without our knowledge.”?

ভলিয়ে কথাতো কি বুজাইছে যেতিয়া তাই কৈছে, “মই মাত্র সেইতোতহে সন্মত যিটো আপুনি কৈছে যে কথাবোৰ আমি নজনাকৈয়ে ঘটে?”
Answer:

Valli’s mother said that many things happened around them, but they were usually unaware of those. As same as these/Like these, Valli had gone on a bus ride to town all alone and had come back without any harm. She had done the entire/all these without the knowledge of her mother. So/Hence, she agreed with what her mother said.

(ভলিৰ মাকে কৈছে যে বহু ঘটনা আমাৰ মাজত ঘটে কিন্তূ সেইবোৰ আমাৰ জ্ঞাতয়ে নহয় । একে ধৰণে, ভলিয়ে চহৰলৈ গৈ অকলে বাছভ্রমণ কৰিছিল আরু কোনো খতি নোহোৱাকৈ ঘূৰি আহিছিল । তাই সকলো এইবোৰ মাকে নজনাকৈয়ে কৰিছিল । সেই বাবে, তাই তাইৰ মাকৰ কথাত সন্মতি দিছিল ।)

8. The author describes the things that Valli sees from an eight-year-old’s point of view. Can you find evidence from the text for this statement?

Answer

         The author has described very clearly the things that Valli saw from an eight-year-old’s point of view.

1.  She was fascinated by a bus. Watching the bus filled with a new set of people each time was a source of unending joy for her.

2. Her strongest desire was to ride the bus.

3. She saved money by resisted to buy peppermints, toys, and balloons, and even resisting the temptation to ride the merry-go-round at the fair.

4. The descriptions that the author gives when Valli looked outside are also typical for an eight-year-old. The ‘blue, blue sky’ and the ‘acres and acres of green fields − green, green, green’ show the enthusiasm of a kid on looking at different colours.

5.Valli clapped her hands in glee on watching a cow run right in front of the bus. She found it so funny that tears came into her eyes.

6.On the other hand, she was overcome with sadness on her way back when she saw the same cow lying dead. It had been a ‘lovable, beautiful creature’ and later it ‘looked so horrible’. The memory of the dead cow haunted her so much that she refused to look outside the window. These are the typical reactions of a young child.

7. Valli had gone on a bus ride to town all alone and had come back without any harm. All these had done without knowing her mother.

8. The sharing of her mother and aunt talking was the another one child behavour of this story.

These are the basic characters of an eight years old girl. Thus, the author created the story as an eight years’ old point of view.

God Bless you & All the Best & Best of luck to all of you by P.B.