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The coins were so keen on being spent that day, they kept up their attempts at persuasion till their voices began to choke. When I reached home and sat on the bed, they began to speak. I went inside to have lunch, they began to shriek. Thoroughly fed up, I rushed out of the house barefoot and ran towards the bazaar. Terrified I was, but quickly I told the halwai to weigh a whole rupee worth of jalebis. His astonished look seemed to be asking where I had the handcart in which I would carry all those jalebis. Those were inexpensive times. One rupee fetched more than twenty rupees does nowadays. The halwai opened up a whole newspaper and heaped a pile of jalebis on it. Comprehension Check 1. Why didn’t he pay the school fees on the day he brought money to school? 2. (i) What were the coins ‘saying’ to him? (ii) Do you think they were misguiding him? 3. Why didn’t he take the coins’ advice? Give two or three reasons. 4. (i) What did the oldest coin tell him? (ii) Did he follow his advice? If not, why not? 5. He reached home with the coins in his pocket. What happened then? II • A heap of jalebis he eats, and shares them liberally with one and all. • Though penniless now, he feels no less important than a mob leader. • The real problem at hand is payment of school fees on time. Just as I was gathering up the heap, in the distance I spotted our tonga. Chachajaan was returning from Court. I clutched the jalebis to my chest and ran into a gali. When I reached a safe corner, I began to devour the jalebis. I ate so many... so many jalebis that if anyone pressed my stomach a little, jalebis would have popped out of my ears and nostrils. persuasion: coaxing halwai: sweetmeat sellertonga: two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle gali: narrow lane 58 It so happened... Reprint 2024-25