1.

"yes, October is the best time"- Describe Mussoorie in the month of October as describe by
the narrator .

The story,' The Eyes Have It', by Ruskin Bond presents a picturesque description of the hills in
the month of October . In course of his conversation with the girl, the author revealed that he
was going to Dehra and then to Mussooorie . At this the girl exclaimed that the narrator was
very lucky. She told him that she loved hills especially in October. The narrator agreed with her
and asserted that October was the best time for visiting mussoorie . During October the hills are
covered with wild Dahlias, the sun is delicious and the night is cool . At night one could sit before
log fire and drink a little Brandy. As most of the tourists had gone, the roads are quite and
almost deserted. Those words of the author, really portrays the picture of the hills in the
October.

2. "Then I made a mistake",- what was the mistake? Who made the mistake?

The short story " The Eyes Have It ", written by Ruskin Bond is a beautiful story. The narrator
asked the girl " what did she see outside the window?" It was a mistake, made by the narrator.
The narrator and the girl were discussing the beauty of Mussoorie in October. The girl remained
silence for a moment. Just of that time, he threw that the girl perhaps was thinking him as
romantic fool. So he asked the wrong question to change the topic. He was always cautious
about not revealing his blindness to her. he doubted that his wrong question might reveal the
fact to the girl.

3. "The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie"- What was the reverie ? How
was the reverie broken and who broke ?

Ruskin Bond's masterpiece short story,' The Eyes Have It', presents those lines. The author was
travelling in a train. A girl boarded the train from Rohana station. Both these two passengers
were blind . The girl's melodious voice moved the narrator deeply. He could not notice her face.
He apprehended that the girl was beautiful. Her voice was the sparkle of mountain stream. After
the girl's departure at Saharanpur station, the narrator returned to his own seat. The train
started again. The song of the moving wheels began. the narrator seat beside the window. He
looked outside and thought the bright day light. But it was complete darker to him. He was
greening about what was going outside the window. It was his reverie. A new fellow entered
into his compartment. he apologized to the narrator for not being an attractive as the girl. This
voice broke the narrator's ay dreaming and returned him to the world of darken.

4.What does the narrator do to hide his blindness in the prose "The Eyes have it"?
The narrator's blindness not only kept him confined in the world of darkness. His blindness not
only curtains his vision but also constrain him to share his views and feelings with others. He had
been travelling all alone. But when the girl got into the compartment at Rohana, he began to
think of conversing with her. So, as to appear normal before her , he deliberately tried to hide
his blindness. The narrator kept to his seat throughout the journey to hide his inability of seeing.
Then he moved to the window ledge to make a pretence of studying the landscape. The author
remarked boldly that the trees seemed to be moving away while they appeared to be standing
still. When the girl asked him if there were any animals outside. The narrator know that there
were hardly any animals in the forest near Dehra, so he confidently replied 'No'. With his inner
vision he could see telegraph post going out of sight quickly. The narrator talked about the
beauty of hills in October. The Hills, then covered with wild dahlias. He also made a safe remark
about interesting face of the girl. He told her about his by gone memories in the hills. But he
never spoke any word of his name, family or personal likes and dislikes.