Chapter 5 - 

A Holiday in Delhi

Do you recognise the pictures given below? They are all places of historical importance and tourist interest in Delhi. Their names are given in jumbled order. Working in pairs, find out their names and write them in the space given below. 

 
Would you like to visit the city during your holidays?

Let us now read about a trip to Delhi by two young children Rishov and Rishika.


It was a lovely October morning. ‘Delhi is so beautiful!’ thought Rishov as he looked out of the window of the speeding bus.


How he and his sister Rishika had pestered their parents for a holiday trip to Delhi! “Father, let us go to Delhi for the Puja holidays, “Rishika had pleaded. Rishov and his mother had fully supported her. “Don’t say no,” she had begged her father. Rishov fondly recalled that father had been rather reluctant that day. “What about your exams in November?” he asked. But they had noticed a smile on his lips. 


“Don’t worry, Father. Rishika will do well,” Rishov recalled saying. “And so will I.” Their mother too was on their side and ultimately father had agreed.


“We’ll go by air, Father,” Rishika had pleaded. “Say yes again!”


“OK,” said father with a mischievous smile. 


Tickets were arranged, two rooms were booked in a good hotel and the trip calked out in no time. Three days later they were in Maple Inn, a lovely hotel in South Delhi. It was a nice hotel with lavish lawns and a wonderful complimentary buffet breakfast.


Everything about Delhi amazed Rishov and especially Rishika. There was so much to see! The huge structure of the Red Fort amazed them. Rishika recognised the India Gate and shouted to her father excitedly, “Father, look!” Then, this morning they were on a luxury bus to Agra. They couldn’t afford to miss the Taj Mahal. 


The bus sped on and Rishov felt wonderful. Suddenly he saw something on the floor of the bus below his seat. He bent down and picked up a wallet lying on the floor. 


Father, sitting beside him, was as usual, fast asleep. He always slept in cars and buses while travelling. Mother no longer got embarrassed by Father’s habit. Rishov woke him up and showed him the wallet. “Father, this wallet was lying under my seat.” 

“I see. Open it and see if you can find any card to trace the owner,” he said.

“There’s a lot of money, Father,” Rishov said.


“is there? The wallet must be returned. See if you find something about the owner.”


“Shall we ring the person up?” Rishov said. “You try, Rishov,” father said. Rishov dialled the number from his father’s mobile phone. A voice replied, “Hello! I’m Rishov Baruah from Guwahati. My younger sister, my parents and I are travelling from Delhi to Agra on a bus. I found a wallet under my seat. Is it yours, by any chance?” 


“Yes, it is! You don’t know how worried I was! I had my ATM card, my driving licence and my PAN card inside the wallet. There was some money as well.”


Rishov told him that they were visiting Agra and would be stopping at the Taj Mahal area. He gave the man the number of the bus. He also described the colour and model of the bus. He told Mr. Sharma that they should be in Agra in an hour’s time. If he could come up to the tourist bus stop near the Taj Mahal, Rishov would hand over the wallet to him. Meanwhile, they would keep contact over the mobile phone. 


Rajeev  Sharma was waiting with his mobile phone fixed to his ear at the bus stop. When he saw the bus, he stood by the door. He introduced himself as a young businessman in the city. He was very happy to get the wallet back. “I don’t know how to thank you!” he said,  offering Rishov a thousand rupees from the wallet. Rishov refused to take the money, and said he was happy that Mr. Sharma had got back his lost wallet. Rajeev Sharma thanked them once again, and promised to keep in touch.  


Activities
1. Let’s see how much you have understood the lesson. Read the sentences below and put a tick on the correct option to complete each sentence.


a) Rishov, Rishika and their parents went to Delhi during their

i) summer holidays
ii) Puja holidays
iii) winter holidays 
iv) Bihu holidays 
Ans: (ii) Puja holidays

b) They went to Delhi by

i) air
ii) bus 
iii) train 
iv) their own car 
Ans: (i) air 

c) Maple Inn is a lovely

i) palace 
ii) fort  
iii) restaurant 
iv) hotel   
Ans: (iv) hotel 

d) Rishov  found a wallet lying on the 

i) seat of the bus 
ii) floor of the hotel 
iii) floor of the bus 
iv) bus stop 
Ans: floor of the bus 


e) The person who dialled the number was

i) Rishov
ii) Rishov’s father
iii) Rishika
iv) Rishov and Rishika’s mother
Ans: (i) Rishov

f) The person who was very happy to receive the wallet was

i) Rishika
ii) Rishov
iii) Rajeev Sharma
iv) Rishov and Rishika’s father 
Ans: iii) Rajeev Sharma 

2. Here are some sentences about Rishov and Rishika’s holiday. Arrange the sentences in chronological order (as they happened in the story). 

a) They saw the Red Fort and India Gate.

b) They went to Agra.

c) Rishov and Rishika pleaded with their father for a holiday trip to Delhi.

d) They returned the wallet to its owner.

e) Tickets were brought and the hotel was booked.

f) Rishov found and picked up a wallet lying on the floor of the bus.


Ans: Rishov and Rishika pleaded with their father for a holiday trip to Delhi. Tickets were brought and the hotel was booked. They saw the Red Fort and India Gate. They went to Agra. Rishov found and picked up a wallet lying on the floor of the bus. They returned the wallet to its owner.
 
3.(b) Rishov is trying to record the important points about their holiday in his diary. Working with a friend, read the lesson and help Rishov to complete his diary entry:

Ans:
October 5th          : Started our journey to Delhi

Places we visited         : Red Fort,  India Gate and Taj Mahal

Hotel we stayed in  :Hotel Maple Inn


What I found under my seat : Wallet


Who it belonged to         :Rajeev Sharma


How I found Mr. Sharma         : By calling his phone no.

Where I returned the wallet        : at tourist bus stop near Taj Mahal

The most memorable Thing
about our vacation                           :  Happiness on the Wallet owner face.

Question 4 is activity based question:

Q4. Now. try to record  the important points about one of your holidays. You may work in groups to complete your diary. you can check the points on the left if you like.

Date of Your journey:
place you visited:
place you stayed in:
what you did there:
what interesting things happened to you: 
what you most liked about that holiday:
which place you would like to visit in future:
Ans:
Date of Your journey:                                    : November 3rd
place you visited:                                           : Shilong
place you stayed in:                                       :Umiun
what you did there:                                        : Boatimg
what interesting things happened to you:      : I saw a very rare speces of bird 
what you most liked about that holiday:        : yhe weather
which place you would like to visit in future : Mawilynnong

5. Rishika is talking on her mobile phone with her friend Minati who lives in Delhi. Read the conversation between Rishika and Minati. The conversation is not given in proper order. Re-arrange the sentences spoken and write them in sequence in the space given.


Ans:

(a)1. Hello! How are you Minati? 

(b)2. Fine, How are you Rishika?

(c)3. Fine, thank you! We’re coming to Delhi.

(d)4. Are you coming by air?

(e)5. Yes, by Air India

(f)6. Oh! It‘ll be nice to meet you all again. When are you coming?

(g)7. We’ll reach on 5th October.


(h)8. OK dear. I’ll be at the airport.

6. Here are some sentences from the lesson or related to the story. Change the sentences into negative:

i) We’ll go by air

Ans: We will not go by air.

ii) Their mother too was on their sides.

Ans: Their mother too was not on their sides.

iii) The Red Fort amazed them.

Ans: The Red Fort didn’t amaze them.

iv) Rishov’s father booked two rooms in the hotel.

Ans: Rishov’s father didn’t book two rooms in the hotel.

v) The wallet must be returned.

Ans: The wallet must be returned.

vi) Rishov told him how he had found the wallet.

Ans: Rishov told him how he had not found the wallet.

vii) He gave the man the bus number.


Ans: He didn’t give the man the bus number.

viii) Open the wallet, please

Ans: Do not open the wallet, please



Q7 is the activity based question where you have to play the roles of Mr. Baurah and receptionist. 


8. Find new words from each of the following words and write them out in the space given. One is done for you.

Below low

Wallet let

Person son

Father Fat

Smile mile

Lawns Law


Ans: thousand, tourist, stopping, sand. tour ,stop, numb, younger, booked, numb, young, book.

9. Read each row of the table below and make a sentence taking the words from each of them:

Ans: Taj Mahal is a monument in Agra.

Maple Inn is a hotel in South Delhi.

Red Fort is a fort in Delhi.

India Gate is a monument in Delhi.

Agra Fort is a fort in Agra.


10. Did you  like reading about Rishov and Rishika's holiday Imagine you are planning to visit aplace of your interest. How would you prepare yourslf for the  visit? Write a fiw sentences about your plan. you may include following points:

(a) how you will travel 

(b) who will go With you 

(c) what you are feeling about the visit

Ans: i am  planning to go puri in Odissa. I will go by trin Fathrand mother will go with me. I am planning to see the puri Jagannath Temple there. I am feeling very excited about the visit.