A Lesson

 

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A Lesson

Author: Ravi Ranjan Goswami

Illustrators: Angie & Upesh, Preeti Krishnamurthy, Vinayak Varma

Translator: Sherein Bansal

Deepu studied in the fifth grade. He was very fond of reading comic books.

His annual exams were over and it was his summer vacation. Deepu used to procure comics from his dad or friends, and read them all day. He even brought them along in the car when he went anywhere with his dad. He would sit inside the car and read his comics.

A few days ago, he found a new hobby. He liked listening to songs on the mobile through his earphones.

Deepu didn't have a phone so he used to ask for it from his mother or his father. One day, he visited a mall in the city with his parents. He saw an iPod in a shop there. He had seen it with a didi in the neighborhood. She often listened to songs on heriPod. She had once let him listen to music on it.

He was stubborn and finally got his father to buy him an iPod. Now he read his comics at times, and at other times, listened to music on the iPod with his headphones.

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Since he got his iPod, wherever he went, the iPod went with him. Even when he was walking on the road, he would be listening to music through his headphones. His parents advised him not to have his ears closed to the world. He shouldn't use his ears only for music.

He would obey them for some time, and then go back to his old habits.

One day, Deepu's mom asked him to buy tea leaves from the nearby market. As per his habit, he was walking on the road with his iPod, listening to songs through his headphones. At one point, he was supposed to cross the road to the other side. As soon as he turned, an auto appeared from behind. The auto driver honked the horn but Deepu couldn't hear a thing! The auto probably went out of balance. Even though the driver applied brakes, the auto still managed to have a slight impact with Deepu.

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Deepu fell on the road, and his knees got hurt. Luckily, the injury was minor. He was limping but was able to return home.

He learnt an important lesson. One should be careful while walking on the road, especially when crossing it. Also, one should never listen to songs through headphones or earphones on the road. He determined to learn from his mistakes and never to repeat them.

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