What did the oldest coin tell him?

Discuss the following points.

(a) Is the boy intelligent? If so, what is the evidence of it?

(b) Does his outlook on the jalebis episode change after class VIII? Does he see that episode in a new light?

(c) Why are coins made to ‘talk’ in this story? What purpose does it serve?

Select and read sentences that show

(a) that the boy is tempted to eat jalebis.

(b) that he is feeling guilty

(c) that he is justifying a wrong deed.

How did he plan to pay the fees the next days?

Why didn’t he eat all the jalebis he had bought?

What did he do with the remaining Jalebis?

“Children’s stomachs are like digestion machines.” What do you understand by that? Do you agree?

When it is time to pay the fees, what does he do? How is he disobeying the elders by doing so?

Do you think they were misguiding him?

Why didn’t he take the coin’s advice? Give two or three reasons.

Why didn’t he pay the school fees on the day he brought money to the school?