The Lost Child Summary
The story is set during a spring festival. The street of the fair is filled with people. An excited little boy is running away with his father. He sees toys in stores with surprise and his parents tell him to hurry. The child turns to his parents and urges them to tell his parents that he wants a toy, although he knows with the look on their face that they will refuse. His father gives him a stern look while his mother gently tries to distract him by showing him a flowering mustard field. The child then starts chasing the dragonflies and his mother has to call him back to the sidewalk. He walks once again with his parents for a while, he is distracted by insects and insects on the trail. His parents call him from under the shadow of a grove where they are sitting and he runs towards them.
As he enters the grove, flowers begin to fall on him and he starts collecting petals. He then hears the voice of the pigeon and he rushes towards his parents, drops the petals and looks for the pigeon. He starts running around a banyan tree. His parents pick him up and take him to a narrow, winding pavement through mustard fields for the fair. When they reach the village, the child sees that a huge crowd is gathering in the fair. He is both frightened and fascinated. The child visits a sweet seller's shop with many colorful sweets. He grumbles that he wants a barfi - his favorite dessert. But he knows that if he asks for sweet, his parents will call him greedy, Therefore, he does not wait for their reply. He then sees a flower seller selling garlands of Gulmohar flowers. He is very attracted to flowers and slowly grumbles that he wants one. But he knows that his parents will say that the flowers look cheap, so he does not wait for an answer from them and moves on.
Next, the child sees a man selling balloons of many colors. He wants to get them all. But he knows that his parents will say that he is too old to play with balloons and so he moves on. Then he sees a snake playing music for a snake, which is placed in a basket. The child knows that his parents will scold him for listening to such thick music and so he proceeds.
The child then arrives at the mira-go-round. He grows up watching his children laugh and laugh at it. Finally, he requests his parents for a mira-go-round, but receives no response. He realizes that his parents are nowhere near him. He gets nervous and starts crying for his parents. He is overcome by fear and runs away, weeping for his parents. His yellow turban comes off and his clothes become dirty.
Soon, he exhausts himself and begins to swoon. He looks around for people dressed in yellow, but he can't find his parents anywhere. He then goes to a temple for his parents, walking under the legs of the people. The crowd increases near the temple gates. Here, the men are pushing each other and the child is struggling to move forward. He shouts for his parents and a man notices him and lifts him up in his arms. He molds the child and takes him
Away from the crowd. The man asks him who he is and how he got there. The child now weeps even more bitterly and cries for his mother and father.
To calm the crying child, the man asks him if he wants to ride the merry-go-round. But the child says that he just wants his parents back. He then takes her to the snake magnet and asks her to listen to music. But the child puts his hands on his ears and cries loudly. He keeps saying that he wants his parents.
The man offers to buy her a multicolored balloon from the seller of the balloon, but the child turns his eyes away from the balloon and asks his parents. The man then takes him to the flower seller and asks if he would like to wear a garland of fragrant flowers. The child turns away his nose and continues for his mother and father.
Finally, the man brings back the sweet-seller, hoping to console him with sweets. He asks the child to choose a dessert. But the child constantly does and says that what he wants is his mother and father.
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