The story "The Lost Child" by Mulk Raj Anand highlights the fact that a child cannot live without his parents. This is illustrated through various incidents in the story.

Incident 1: The Child's Love for his Parents
In the beginning of the story, the child is seen walking with his parents in a village fair. He is fascinated by the sights and sounds of the fair, but he never strays too far away from his parents. This shows that the child has a deep love and attachment towards his parents.

Incident 2: The Child's Fear and Anxiety
When the child sees a toy-seller, he asks his parents to buy him a toy. However, when his parents refuse, he becomes anxious and scared. He fears that he will lose his parents in the crowd and be left alone. This fear and anxiety show that the child is completely dependent on his parents for his sense of security and well-being.

Incident 3: The Child's Despair and Loneliness
When the child accidentally loses sight of his parents in the crowd, he becomes desperate and starts looking for them. However, he is unable to find them and feels lost and alone. He tries to find his way back to his parents, but all his efforts fail. This shows that without his parents, the child feels despair and loneliness.

Incident 4: The Child's Reunion with his Parents
Finally, when the child is reunited with his parents, he feels a sense of relief and happiness. He realizes how much he needs his parents and how lost he was without them. This reunion highlights the fact that a child cannot live without his parents.

Overall, the story "The Lost Child" emphasizes the importance of parental love and care in a child's life. It shows how a child's sense of security, well-being, and happiness is dependent on his parents.

In the beginning when the child was attending the fair with his parents he wanted a lot of things.He wanted gulab-jaman,burfi and jalebi from sweatmeat seller,garland of gulmohar from flower-seller,balloons.He didn't ask his parents because he knew his parents would tell he is greedy.His mother distracted with a flowering mustard-field,pale like melting gold as it swept across miles and miles of even land.She also showed a group of dragon flies.Suddenly,he saw a roundabout in full swing.Men,women and children,carried away in a whirling motion ,shrieked and cried with dizzy laughter.The child wanted to have a ride in the roundabout and he decided to make bold request:"I want to go on the roundabout, please, father, mother" There was no reply.He turned to look for this parents.They were no were to be found.he looked everywhere there was no sign of them.He started to worry,have anxiety,and started crying.Suddenly a man noticed him and started cheering him up with every children love like he took him to the roundabout.The man asked "will you have a ride with me" the child shouted "I want my mother,I want my father."Next the man took him to the snake-charmer."Listed to the mice music,child !"But the child shouted"I want my mother,I want my father."The man tried cheering him with balloons,thinking the bright colors of the   balloons would distract him and quieten him."Would  you like a rainbow-colored balloon?"he asked. The child turned away and cried out loud and said"I want my mother,I want my father!"The child didn't want anything except his parents.He was really scared and feeling insecure without his parents. Even though his parents did not buy him these thing and the man he still love his parents