Book page 64 Updated on2026-09-05
False.
On his first attempt “he missed and fell straight onto his backside”, and his classmates laughed. He tried again and missed again. Only after many falls does the story say, “he tried again and didn't fall. This time he sat, hanging in mid-air.”
Mario's grandfather challenged him to a bet of a fruit chaat.
The grandfather's words are: “Mario, I bet you a fruit chaat. You don't have as many friends as you think you have.” And at the end, since the grandfather won, “the four children went to see Mario's grandpa… They had a great time listening to stories and eating a lot of fruit chaat.”
Guneet, Asma and Deepa → (i) held Mario up, so he wouldn't fall.
The text says: “Looking around, Mario saw Guneet, Asma, and Deepa — three of his buddies — holding him up, so he wouldn't fall.”
Option (ii) belongs to the other children — “many others he'd thought of as friends had done nothing but made fun of him, enjoying each and every fall.”