The lost child Class 9 | Summary and Theme of the Story

The lost Child Summary and Theme of the Story

The Theme of the Story

This story concentrates on the universality of a child's desire for everything. It is a short story about a child, his aspiration, demands, and realization. The story is mainly focused on the awareness of parents. The message is, we really don't understand the true value of parents and take them as granted. The significance of parents is only revealed once they are out of sight and we realize that the world is upside down. That is what the little child realized once he got lost in a fair. The ending is emotional as the reader keeps on guessing whether the lost child would have finally found his parents or not.

Summary

 The little child was excited because he was visiting the fair. This journey to the fair was overwhelming. On the way, he was often attracted by things which he witnessed. In the fair, he was attracted by the toys displayed in the shop. he wanted to buy toys but his parents refused to buy them. There were sweet shops in the fair and several types of sweets such as Gulabjamun, Rasogulla, Burfi, Jalebi were displayed in the plates. The child wanted to eat them. His favorite sweet was Burfi. His mouth watered. But his parents paid no attention to his request.

 He often walked behind his parents and sometimes he was attracted by things in the fair, he lagged behind his parents. In the meantime, his parents also gave him a cautionary call, "Come, child, come!".

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Finally, he came to the place where a roundabout was in full swing, Men, women, and children a carried away in a whirling motion. They shrieked and cried with dizzy laughter. The child also wanted to go on the roundabout. He made a request to fulfill his desire, but there was no reply from his parents. Actually, he was attracted by the roundabout. He stayed and watched the roundabout. To his surprise, when he turned to look for his parents, he did not find them. Actually, he was lost.

 A kind man from the crowd forward and picked him up in his arms. He was ready to buy all the things he wanted earlier. But he refused them. He only said," I want my mother, I want my father".