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प्रश्न
What activities are dear to little children? Who does the child envy and why in the poem Vocation?
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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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