Paragraph on A Street Hawker

A Street Hawker

A street hawker is a common sight in the streets of big cities and towns. He is a familiar figure in our city life. He generally hawks goods by going from house to house or street to street. He carries his goods sometimes on the head, sometimes in his hands and at sometimes in a small hand-card. A hawker sells his goods with interesting cries in order to draw the attention of his customers. He knows the art of convincing them. Woman and children are usually attracted by his calls. He generally offers to sell toys, fruits, biscuits, vegetables, ice-cream, cakes, bangles, ribbons, clothes, utensils and fancy goods. On the contrary, there is another kind of hawkers who buy old newspapers, blank pots, old books, worn-out clothes from the houses. However, children are fond of a hawker while adults do not like him. By carrying the goods for sale in his hands or over his shoulders, he moves from door to door. Sometimes he goes from one street to another with his portable shop and he often causes problems on the foot-path. Very often he makes peculiar cry to attract the attention of his customers. A street hawker may be illiterate, but he is clever and cunning enough to run his trade. Sometimes he cheats people by selling low-standard goods for high price. By hawking things a good many people in our country earn their livelihood. The income of a street hawker is hardly sufficient, so he has to maintain his family through hardship.