This story highlights a child’s love for his parents. It is the festival of spring. Everyone is going to a fair. The child is very happy and excited because he is also going to the fair with his parents. On the way to the fair, the child is fascinated by the natural beauty. He enjoys every moment.
In the fair, the child is attracted towards his favourite sweets. He wants to have one but he does not express his desire. He knows that his parents will not allow him to take any. Then, he is attracted by a toy but again he does not ask for that because he knows that his parents perhaps cannot afford to buy the toy.
The child moves on with his parents enjoying the fair. He wants to take one of the garlands from a shop and a balloon from the balloon-seller but he does not ask his parents to buy them. He says nothing. He sees a snake-charmer. He likes the music and wants to stay there for some time. His parents do not approve of such music. So he moves on. He sees a merry-go-round. People are enjoying the ride. He also wants to enjoy the ride. For the first time, the child expresses his desire. He says, “I want to go on the roundabout, please father, mother”.
But there is no reply. He searches for his parents here and there. He is lost. He starts crying. He runs towards a shrine. There is a big crowd. He goes a little ahead between people’s legs. He is pushed back. A kind-hearted man hears him crying. He stops and lifts the child in his arms. He tries to soothe him. But the child is crying continuously for his parents. The man takes him to the roundabout and asks if he wants a ride. The man takes him to the sweetmeat-seller, the balloon-seller and the snake-charmer. He offers him everything but the child refuses everything. These things have lost their charm. Now the child wants only his parents.