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Can Velu read Tamil and English? How do you know?
Velu could not read the huge signboards that were written in English as he didn’t know what they meant. However, when he walked past the Central Jail, he squinted and read it as it was written in Tamil.
“If you are not careful, you will soon be counting bars there,” the girl said.
(i) What is she referring to?
(ii) What does she mean when she says, “If you are not careful…”?
(She says something a little later, which means the same. Find that sentence.)
(i) She was referring to the Central Jail.
(ii) When she said to Velu, “If you are not careful…”, she meant that he should never get caught to be put behind bars. Besides, she also meant that they should be extra cautious and not do anything stupid to avoid getting caught by the policemen.
The other sentence that the girl told him was – “You don’t have to do anything. Just don’t get caught, that’s all.”
(i) Where did the girl lead Velu to?
(ii) What did they get to eat?
(i) The girl led Velu to a big wedding hall and rushed behind it, where there was a big garbage bin overflowing with rubbish. She picked up a squashy banana and held it out to him as she knew he was starving and quickly picked up a vada and gave him to eat.
(ii) Velu got a squashy banana and a vada, whereas the girl only got a banana to eat.
What work did she do? Think of a one-word answer.
The girl worked as a rag-picker.