In the month of November last year, one of our friends proposed that we should go to Agra on cycles the next Sunday. The distance from our village was 20 kilometres. The proposal was liked by all of us. We agreed. Each of us had to make some purchases at Agra. We decided to meet at 6 a.m. at school. We reached the school at the fixed time with cycles and money. We started.
The road was smooth and fine. There was no traffic. It was morning. So we pedalled quickly. We had gone about four or five kilometres when the sun rose behind us. There was a pleasant breeze. The weather was fine. We were full of joy. The birds on the trees were twittering. We enjoyed the natural scenery. The farmers were ploughing the fields with songs on their lips. Some of them were driving the Persian wheels. We passed through many villages on the roadside. We were all the time laughing and talking. Now we had covered 10 kilometres. We decided to stop for a while at a well to take our breakfast. We made our cycles stand against a tree. We took out laddoos and samosas, which we had brought with us. We enjoyed the breakfast very much.
We started again. By now we had covered 15 kilometres. There was some nail on the road. My cycle tyre burst with a loud sound. We got down. Raja also had some trouble with his cycle. He found that the back wheel had little air. We had no pump. Now we began to walk on the roadside. We reached Etmadpur and got our cycles repaired at a small shop. We started again. Now it was warm. In about an hour we reached the Yamuna bridge. The old breeze and the sight of the river filled us with delight. The sight of the Taj Mahal surprised me.
We got down at a temple on the bank of the Yamuna. We took a little rest and went to Kinari bazaar. I bought my books and a fountain pen. Raju got a pair of shoes. My other friends bought some clothes.
Vocabulary
Scenery—landscape
Delight—Pleasure
