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प्रश्न
What activities are dear to little children? Who does the child envy and why in the poem Vocation?
उत्तर
Children by nature love freedom and fun. They are too young to foresee the consequences of their hasty action. They are adventure-loving also. Tagore in his poem “Vocation’ gives voice to the natural desires of a child. The child first sees a hawker, selling bangles. He goes by his whim and enjoys the freedom of movement. The child too wishes to become a hawker. In the afternoon he saw a gardener working with his spade and soiling his clothes. There is nobody to check or chide him. Lastly, the child feels like becoming a watchman who walks the street all night. The child envies them all.
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