Read the following passages and answer the questions given below :
“Bra00, Alam,” he said, batting his listle son on the back. “But Dadav…….” began Alam. But his father interrupted him.“It is all right, old man,” he said, “You see, I came up behind that policeman and he told me what had happened. So I knew you were playing the game although it was not on the cricket pitch. So I went back to the market-place and bought the bicycle I promised you. It is a beauty. And, Alan, we are proud of you, your mother and I.”
1. Why did the father pat Alan on the back?
2. “But Daddy” began Alan, what did Alan wish to say?
3. What did the policeman say?
4. How was Alan playing the game?
5. Write name of the lesson from which the above passage has been taken. Who is the author?