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‘Making a wish,’ I said. dread : fear

‘Oh!’ said Grandmother.

She was preoccupied, and didn’t ask me what I was wishing for; nor did I tell her.

We never made it to England. Grandmother passed away after a brief illness in Lucknow.
Aunt Emily, in whose house we were staying before going on to Bombay to board our ship to
England, made arrangements for her funeral and for me to be sent back to Dehra. My
father’s cousin Mr John Harrison, who lived in Dehra, agreed to let me stay with him and

attend the day school in the town.

By a strange twist of fate therefore, my wish to return to Dehra was coming true after all.
I did not know if it was something to now look forward to, or dread .
— Ruskin Bond

Draw UP
Draw UP
Draw UP
Do you know, the number of passengers taking trains in India is 404 crores.

(404, 000, 000, 000).

Work Out
Work Out
Work Out
Comprehension
Comprehension
Comprehension

A. Tick ( ) the correct option.3
1. The ______________ came in droves to buy crockery, furniture, etc.

a) shopkeepers b) neighbours c) kabaris

2. ______________ was taking grandmother to the station.
a) Bansi b) Ayah c) John Harrison

3. Ayah was giving him all sorts of ______________ .

a) instructions b) warnings c) solutions
4. Grandmother was assisted by ______________ coolies.

a) a dozen b) two dozen c) half-a-dozen

5. The narrator had left his favourite things in a ______________ tree.
a) Mango b) Peepal c) Banyan

B. Write for true and for false statements.T F
1. Some people look at a shooting star and make a wish.

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