Write a story about someone sticking to a course of action even when it’s clearly wrong.

Wound

Everybody laughed loudly when Sambhav fell down. He felt ashamed.

“ what's wrong with you.” Mr. Shah asked.

Sambhav got up rubbing his clothes and crying with back pain. He said that someone threw banana skin. He stepped over it unknowingly and fell down. It seems someone has cheated upon me.

“Anybody who has seen someone throwing banana skin,” come and tell me in the staff room. The student will be the rewarded pizza.”

Mr. Shaw went into the staff room.

This is not the first time that Sambhav has been teased. In that class boys or girls were being teased and troubled in a very strange way. It used to happen that if a child sat on a bench but couldn't get up as there was chewing gum there.

Another day a Child’s books were found wet. Nobody knew who poured water into the bag.

“Hey, who is doing that? I suspect Simran. She is very naughty what do you say?

“Hmmm…., can’t say. It can be Krishna....., he's quite a rogue.”

“Let’s talk with Janesh!”

“Hm…..”

Janesh was reading a book while he heard Rajesh and Bakul’s voice. He turned his smiling face.

“Hi!”

“Janesh leave this book and let's find out about who is troubling our classmates regularly!”

“Oh! please don't put me in this matter,” he answered reluctantly.

Rajesh thought for a while and took Janesh’s book.

“Why don’t you let me read my book. I do not understand! I’m not interested in all this!”

“So… it means you are playing these pranks!”

All three argued a lot but in vain. At last Rajesh and Bakul returned to their places. Who is doing this, was the constant query in their mind for which they were unable to find a solution. They decided to observe each and every child in their class.

They were very much puzzled. Although some of the students were very naughty, others were quite good. Being confused, could not bring remedy. Rajesh suggested shortlisting the naughtiest children of their class. They made a list in which they selected those children.

The task they were going to do was not easy. Their parents may scold them for this. But they wanted to catch that child red-handed.

They made a secret plan which they had not disclosed to anyone except their teacher.

On Friday there was a weekly test. Everybody was quite excited. The teacher made an announcement before the test began.

“This time whoever scores the highest marks will receive a packet of Donuts.”

Everybody clapped and accepted the challenge.

On Tuesday Bakul’s name was announced as the winner in the test. Everybody congratulated Bakul. Later, he received donuts from the teacher.

“I’m proud of you Bakul…!!!!” he patted him.

Bakul was very happy but did not want to share his Donuts. So, he kept them in his bag’s secret pocket and ran out of the class to play with his friends.

As soon as the recess got over, he heard a noise. He went into his class.

“What kind of commotion here, guys? what has happened?

But no one heard him. He went through the crowd and what he saw was unbelievable!!!

Oh gosh!.... you are...??

He immediately ran to the teacher after knowing the whole incident. He revealed everything to the teacher. The teacher was awestruck. .Nevertheless, he went into the class.

“Everybody takes your seat”…” veena came here”

Veena vomited twice and her mouth was full of bubbles. She was spitting now and then. It seems she has eaten soap but unfortunately she stole Donuts.

The teacher took her to the staff room.

Veena was quiet. She gargled her mouth, sat on a chair in the staff room, and began to stare on the floor. she was projecting as if she does not know anything

“Why have you done so?”

“........”

Veena did not utter a word. Let’s go. I will drop you at your home and there I’ll meet your mother too.

“No, I don’t want to go.”

The teacher got surprised and told her-

“Then come with me to the Principal’s office and admit your mistake.

She yelled, “I haven’t done anything!”

“Don’t you tease and trouble everybody ?” I know you......do!!!!

Veena asserted that she hasn’t done anything. But somewhere she felt insecure and felt guilty. She thought what if the teacher will go and meet my mother.

“No.. no… no way!!!!!” she told the teacher.

“I have done all this because my classmates used to tease me saying that I do not bring my lunch. They say that my mother does not like me. But this is not true. My mother does not stay with me. I cook on my own as my father leaves early for his work. There lives a child, who is an orphan, near my locality. While coming to school I used to give my food to him that is why I don't eat food during my recess.

She has started sobbing.

“I haven’t done anything. I had got frustrated by the comments my classmates did. I could not stop myself. I knew I was doing wrong but I wanted to take revenge. Their words pierced my heart.So,I decided to do it forever and wanted to teach them a lesson.”……….

She added further that she is passing through hard times. When she was two years old, her parents got separated. she had been living with her father. He used to be busy with his work and did not give her much time. She became alone. As the days passed she wanted to meet her mother. She did not meet her frequently. She used to meet her once in a year. She literally missed her mother while living with his father. She became independent as he had to do a lot of work on her own. Her father had taught her to cook, to look after the house, and to study. What she needed that her mother. She compromised with the situation and wrote a letter to her mother asking that she wanted to live with her. Her mother replied that she would join her after some time and by that time she had to be a kind and generous girl.

There were tears in the teacher's eyes.