English CBSE Class 10 NCERT Footprints Without Feet Chapter 2 The Thief’s Story Free Solution of Textbook Questions and Answers
THE THIEF’S STORY
(Textbook Questions)
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Answer: In this story ‘I’ refers to a thief. In this story his name is Hari Singh. But this in not his real name. He used to change his name frequently.
Answer: He has been a fairly successful hand in stealing his employers.
Answer: He gets a place to stay and food. His salary was paid irregularly. He used to save a rupee in buying supplies. Anil had started teaching him to write and read.
Answer: Hari Singh thought that Anil would be very sad. He will not be sad because of loss of money. He will be sad because of loss of trust.
Answer: The greedy man showed fear; the rich man showed anger; the poor man showed acceptance. And a person like Anil will be sad because of loss of trust.
Answer: Yes. He had understood that he was robbed. He also knew that the money was kept back under the mattress.
Think about it
Answer: Initially he had thought that after acquiring education, new avenues for theft and cheating would be available for him. So he will be able to steal more money.
Reaction of Hari Singh about education had undergone a change.
Later he thought that education could lead to earn some amount of money. It can also help to become a respectable person in society.
He wants to leave his current career of a thief. Hence he returned the money.
Answer: Anil knew that Hari Singh had taken money. Anil was also aware that money had been returned.
Anil understood that Hari Singh had realized his mistake. This is clear indication that Hari Singh wanted to leave his bad habit and wanted to lead a better life. Anil decided to help him. Therefore he did not report the matter to police.
Most people will report such incidents to police.
Anil is different from other people because he wants to remove guilt of a person and help him become a respectable citizen of society.
Talk about it
Answer: It is rare to find people like Anil and Hari Singh in real life.
Sometimes we do come across people like Anil who would forgive a wrong doer. But people like Hari Singh who would return the stolen money to the owner and try to become respectable citizen rarely exist in society.
Answer: Hari Singh made a statement that perhaps Anil wrote for a magazine. Then Anil says that he had got some money by selling a book to a publisher. These are enough indications to infer that Anil was a struggling writer.
It is mentioned in the story that Anil’s income was irregular. So he celebrated with his friends and spent when he had money. It is also mentioned that he would not be able to pay regularly to Hari Singh. So his irregular income affected his way of life.
Answer: In our society many people are poor and find it difficult to earn their living. Such persons sometimes turn to stealing. However being a thief and still possessing human values is very rare. I have not met any such person.
There could be many probable circumstances that would have led Hari Singh to become a thief. Some members of his family would have been thief and he picked up the tradition. Or his ambition to live a better life might have turned him to a thief. Or his family might have abandoned him and he had no other option but to steal. Or he was alone in this world and did not know what to do for his living.
In every case a 15 year young boy becoming thief speak very badly about lack of opportunities.
Answer: The story is set in India in Uttar Pradesh. We get this indication because Hari Singh wanted to travel to Lucknow.
In the town express trains stop. There are sweet shops, a decent market and a clock tower. There are hotels near railway station. So we may infer that the story is set in a relatively bigger town
Hindi and Bhojpuri is spoken in this part of our country. Characters in the story spoke one of these two languages.
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