Children at Work

Velu reached Chennai Central

• (a) to meet Jaya

• (b) having run away from home

The scene of the railway platform reminded Velu

• of the village fair

• of the Kumbh Mela

Velu got into the train

• with a ticket for Chennai Central

• without a cricket

Jaya recognised at once that

• Velu was a run-away from home

• she had seen Velu earlier

Velu had run away from home because

• there was no work in the village

• he could not stand his father’s beatings

Velu ran after Jaya because

• he had no idea where to go

• Jaya had asked him to do so

Jaya had to drag Velu to the other side because

• he kept hesitating to cross

• Velu was her younger brother

What did they do with all the stuff?

• Sell it to Mam Bazaar Jaggu

• Sell it to Jam Bazaar Jaggu

What work had Velu done before

• Cow gazing at farm

• Ragpicking

Who were fighting over a banana leaf?

• Goats

• Velu and Jaya