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    A 12-year-old boy named Arun is waiting alone at the Ambala train station for hours until his midnight train. He is approached by a kindly woman who shows him compassion. She persuades him to accompany her to the station dining room, where she buys him refreshments. When his train arrives, Arun bids the mysterious woman farewell, addressing her as "mother" due to the care she had shown him. This highlights how the woman's kindness touched Arun deeply.

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    A 12-year-old boy named Arun is waiting alone at the Ambala train station for hours until his midnight train. He is approached by a kindly woman who shows him compassion. She persuades him to accompany her to the station dining room, where she buys him refreshments. When his train arrives, Arun bids the mysterious woman farewell, addressing her as "mother" due to the care she had shown him. This highlights how the woman's kindness touched Arun deeply.

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    A 12-year-old boy named Arun is waiting alone at the Ambala train station for hours until his midnight train. He is approached by a kindly woman who shows him compassion. She persuades him to accompany her to the station dining room, where she buys him refreshments. When his train arrives, Arun bids the mysterious woman farewell, addressing her as "mother" due to the care she had shown him. This highlights how the woman's kindness touched Arun deeply.

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    Unit -1

    Care and Concern


    Section -1
    The Woman On Platform No. 8
    By Ruskin Bond
    I Introduction
    The Woman On Platform No.8 is a story about love and affection that transcends all barriers of
    kinship. It is narrated in the first person by a school boy named Arun. All the events are seen
    from his point of view.

    II Language Learning
    1.bustling (Verb)
    Meaning-moving around in a busy way,full of activity
    Sentence-The city streets were bustling with people

    2.embarrassed(adjective)
    Meaning-
    Sentence-

    3 suspicion(noun)
    Meaning-
    Sentence-

    4.serenity(noun)
    Meaning-
    Sentence

    III Charactersketch of Arun

    ARUN, is a 12-year-old boy. After leaving his parents, he travels by bus and arrives Ambala at
    about twelve noon. He sits on the platform no.8 at Ambala station. His train is to leave hours
    later at midnight. So he continues to watch the changing scene around. Soon he loses interest in
    his surroundings. He feels lonely and bored. He encounters a woman at the station who not only
    showed him kindness. Her name or occupation was a mystery to Arun. Arun is so trusting of the
    woman and how she is dressed appears to have an influence on Arun.Arun is befriended and
    taken care of by a stranger woman while his own friend’s mother neglects and behaves rudely to
    him.The stranger woman takes him to the canteen and gets him some refreshments When his
    train comes ,he takes leave of the stranger woman addressing her as mother.This shows deeply
    touched and grateful Arun was for her kind and generous.

    IV Read and Answer

    Q.1Why was Arun alone at the station?

    A-Do yourself
    Q.2 What was Arun’s first impression of the lady ?
    A-He saw that she had a pale face and dark kind eyes.She wore no jewels and was dressed
    simply in a white saree.She seemed poor but was dignified enough to travel alone.

    Q.3 Describe what happened in the station dinning room.


    A-Do yourself

    V Think and Answer


    Q.1 Which of the qualities of the woman impressed Arun?
    A-Do yourself

    Q.2 Why did Arun agree to go with the woman?


    A-The woman was a little persuasive.She was dignified and her personality commanded respect
    .She did not disapprove of the fact that Arun was travelling alone.Infact ,she told him that she
    was sure that he was capable of travelling alone.At the same time woman appeared to be kind
    and when she took him by hand,Arun did not pull his hand away and accompanied her to the
    station dining room.

    Q.3 Why do you think Arun found himself hating Satish’s mother?
    A- Satish’s mother was an imposing woman.She did not care of other people‘s sentiments.She
    was also very stern with Arun.Her authoritative manner made him dislike her.

    Q-4 Why did Arun end up calling the lady ‘ mother’ ?


    A-Do yourself

    VI Reference to context
    “Anyway I can travel alone.”
    a) Who said this and to whom?
    b) When and where did the speaker say this?
    c) Why did the speaker say this?
    d) What happens after this?

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