HOW FAR IS THE RIVER? - By Ruskin Bond

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Across
  1. 3. The boy sure that he had covered half the way because he had walked for over an ………. (4)
  2. 4. The boy feel discouraged because he missed the village boy; he could not view his ………. ; and the………. was not in sight (9, 2 words).
  3. 7. The boy heard of the ………. in its water and of its ……….from the villagers (9, 2 words)
  4. 8. The boy found the silence impressive but frightening, because of the silence of space, of the unknown and the silence of ……….. (3)
  5. 9. Roaring ……….broke the salience of space (5)
  6. 10. The expression used by the author to describe the flow of water are cold, sharp and ………. (10)
Down
  1. 1. The words used to described the water are cold, sharp, refreshing, wonderful, ………., and ……….. (9, 2 words)
  2. 2. The attitude of the boy revealed is his ………. towards others (10)
  3. 5. The boy got a chance to see the river because his mother and father had gone to visit relatives for the entire day and had left him ……….. (8, 3 words)
  4. 6. The thickly………. mountain prevented him from seeing the river (8)
  5. 8. The boy like to walk barefooted because he liked the feel of warm stones and cool ……….. (5)