Summary | Not for Sale | Anon

Summary           ' Not for Sale ' by an anonymous writer is a heart touching story of a young couple madly in love who overcome all obstacles for the sake of their love and togetherness. The author was on a vacation when he came across a painting of a young woman . The painting was extraordinary and very expressive. He wished to buy it. But the woman in charge of the shop denied saying that the painting belonged to the owner of the shop and he did not wish to sell it. However, the painting was so touching that it kept haunting the author. Whenever he got a chance, he would drive all the way through Taos and to the gallery and see the painting. Finally, the woman shopkeeper told him the story behind the painting. Two young students, a man and a woman, fell madly in love while they studied painting and arts in New York, far from their homes . They decided to get married and have a promising career in painting.           However, just a few weeks before the wedding, the woman fel
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Cloud and Waves | Rabindranath Tagore | M.C.Q.

About the poet

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) wrote poems in Bengali and in English. In 1913, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his collection of songs entitled Gitanjali. He has the honour of being the composer of our National Anthem. Tagore could write on deep spiritual and mystical themes with as much ease as he wrote poems for children.

About the poem

Cloud and Waves describes the child's attachment to his/her mother. Can the allurements of nature appeal more to the child!

Cloud and Waves

Mother, the folk who live up in the clouds call out to me-

"We play from the time we wake till the day ends.

We play with the golden dawn, we play with the silver moon."

I ask, "But, how am I to get up to you?"

They answer, "Come to the edge of the earth, lift up your hands to the sky, and you will be taken up into the clouds."

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"My mother is waiting for me at home," I say. "How can I leave her and come?"

Then they smile and float away.

But I know a nicer game than that, mother.

I shall be the cloud and you the moon.


I shall cover you with both my hands, and our house-top will be the blue sky.

The folk who live in the waves call out to me-

"We sing from morning till night; on and on we travel and know not where we pass."

I ask, "But how am I to join you?"


They, tell me, "Come to the edge of the shore and stand with your eyes tight shut, and you will be carried out upon the waves."

I say, "My mother always wants me at home in the evening-how can I leave her and go?"

Then they smile, dance and pass by.

But I know a better game than that.


I will be the waves and you will be a strange shore.

I shall roll on and on and on, and break upon your lap with laughter

And no one in the world will know where we both are.

Multiple Choice Question

1. Who are calling the child to play with them?

(a) the stars and the clouds

(b) the clouds and the moon

(c) the clouds and the waves

(d) the waves and the moon


Ans. (c) the clouds and the waves


2. The clouds play ..

(a) all through the day and night

(b) all through the day

(c) all through the night

(d) only at dawn


Ans. (b) all through the day


3. The cloud asks the child to come to the edge of the ..

(a) road

(b) sea

(c) earth

(d) village


Ans. (c) earth


4. Who is waiting for the child?

(a) father

(b) mother

(c) brothers and sisters

(d) no one


Ans. (c) brothers and sisters


5. The clouds .. at the child.

(a) smile

(b) scorn

(c) mock

(d) express anger


Ans. (a) smile


6. The child wants to play .. game with its mother.

(a) cloud and waves

(b) cloud and stars

(c) moon and stars

(d) cloud and moon


Ans. (d) cloud and moon


7. In the child's game, the .. will cover the ..

(a) mother, child

(b) child, mother

(c) cloud, moon

(d) moon, cloud


Ans. (b) child, mother


8. What do the waves do from morn to night?

(a) dance

(b) sing

(c) play

(d) sleep


Ans. (b) sing


9. The waves ask the child to come to the ..

(a) edge of the earth

(b) edge of the shore

(c) edge of the village

(d) none of these


Ans. (b) edge of the shore


10. In the game of the waves the mother will be the ..

(a) sea

(b) tide

(c) water

(d) strange shore


Ans. (d) strange shore

11. The poem highlights the .. of the child.


(a) fear

(b) boldness

(c) innocence

(d) anger


Ans. (c) innocence


12. The mother-child bonding in the poem is ..

(a) admiring

(b) scornful

(c) praise worthy

(d) innocent


Ans. (d) innocent

Location: India

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