What was Valli’s deepest desire? Find the words and phrases in the story that tell you this.
Approach Solution - 1
Valli’s deepest desire was to ride on the bus she saw everyday. 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.”
Approach Solution -2
Valli's greatest wish was to take a bus ride. This is evident in the story through phrases like 'overwhelming desire', 'gazing longingly', 'fueling her desires', 'dreams' and 'hopes', and 'wish growing stronger with time'.
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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. _________” Valli said, turning her face toward the window and staring out.
(vi) Then she turned to the conductor and said, “Well, sir, I hope _________”
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