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The music master came out of the house and took an unappreciative look at the three of them sitting quietly under the tree, playing marbles. Then he searched for his chappals in the verandah, where he had put them? “Lalli!” he called, after a few moments.She hurried up to him. “Have you seen my chappals, my dear? I remember having kept them here !” Ravi, Mridu and Meena silently watched Lalli and the music-master search every corner of the verandah. He scurried around, looking over the railing and crouching near the flower pots to look between them. “Brand new, they were! I went all the way to Mount Road to buy them !” he went on saying. “They cost a whole month’s fees, do you know?”(1) Why did the music master take ‘an unappreciative look’?(2) Why did the music-master call, Lalli?(3) How costly were the chappals of the music-master, according to him?(4) Give another expression for: ‘all the way from. |
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Answer» (1) The music-master took ‘an untapped- creative look’ because he was disapproving the children playing marbles. (2) The music master called Lalli to help him find his missing pair of chappals. (3) According to the music master, his chappals cost a whole month’s fees of his tuition. (4) All the way from’ is ‘the entire distance’. |
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