{"product_id":"the-girl-on-the-train","title":"THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Ruskin Bond","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTHE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Ruskin Bond\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-43\"\u003e\"The Girl on the Train\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-43 citation-end-43\"\u003e is a collection of 12 short stories by Ruskin Bond, published as an anthology in 2022.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-42\"\u003eThe title story is one of his most famous and celebrated pieces of short fiction, which you might also know by its original titles, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"243\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-42\"\u003e\"The Eyes Have It\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-42\"\u003e or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"265\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-42\"\u003e\"The Eyes Are Not There\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-42 citation-end-42\"\u003e (first published in 1988).\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\" id=\"p-rc_67d45d2c4c0c29ce-28\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-40\"\u003eThe Setup:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-40 citation-end-40\"\u003e The narrator, a young man who is completely blind, is traveling alone.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-39 citation-end-39\"\u003eA young girl enters his compartment at Rohana station, and her parents give her strict safety instructions.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" id=\"p-rc_67d45d2c4c0c29ce-29\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Game:\u003c\/b\u003e Not wanting the girl to realize he is blind, the narrator plays a mental game. \u003cspan class=\"citation-38 citation-end-38\"\u003eHe relies entirely on his other senses—the sound of her slippers, her clear laughter, and the scent of her hair—while making polite conversation about the beauty of Mussoorie in October as if he can see perfectly.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-37\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-37\"\u003eThe Interaction:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-37 citation-end-37\"\u003e The two share a pleasant, fleeting connection.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"7\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-36 citation-end-36\"\u003eThe narrator even boldly compliments her by saying she has an \"interesting face,\" which she takes as a refreshing break from being told she is pretty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: 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