Paragraph on : A Street Hawker

A Street Hawker

A person who sells various things moving from street to street is called a street hawker. A street hawker is a familiar figure in towns. He usually lives in a hut or in a slum. He is the vendor of a variety of things. He carries his things sometimes on the head, sometimes in his hands and at some other times in a small hand-cart. He sells toys, bangles, ribbons, clothings, sweets, fruits, utensils, newspapers, fancy goods and things of domestic use by bringing them up to people's doors. He is a clever fellow who knows how to run his business. He brings one kind of goods for children, another kind for womenfolk and yet another kind for men.

 He chooses things for children that will attract children and for women that will attract women. So he has to be very careful about what things to sell. Thus he earns his living by selling different things to his customers. As he passes along the street, he makes a peculiar cry to attract the attention of his customers. The children here and there gather around him and stop him. The hawker generally chooses an hour when the master of the family is away and the women are free from their household duties. He hopes thereby to make a bargain. In towns everywhere we see hawkers and many of them are  good business. On the contrary, there is another kind of hawkers who buy newspapers, blank pots, old books, worn-out clothes from the houses. However children are fond of a hawker but men do not like them. By carrying the goods for sale in his hands or on his shoulders, he moves from door to door. Sometimes, he goes from one street to another with his moving shop. A street hawker's life is not easy and comfortable but it is rather difficult and full of hardship.

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