No one will come

Asad, a sixteen year boy. He lived with his grandmother on the outskirts of Nelly, a small village. His parents died in a road accident when he was ten years old. After this incident his life has taken a major turn. He had to grow up before his age. He realises that his old granny can’t work anymore because of her poor health and age. So, he decided to work in a doll factory, (which is not far from his house) to run their house. Asad strongly believes in his thoughts. He’s able to impress the factory owner by his hard work and helping nature. Now, he is one of factory workers who worked on daily wages. His life is going smoothly, but as we all know, life is full of surprises. asad is going to learn the biggest lesson of his life.

(One morning, in the factory)

The factory owner furiously came into the factory {as he’s ready to fire every worker}. He told his workers that there is a scam going in his factory behind is back. Someone had sold the box of dolls in the black to the market. Now, he wanted the thief, who did this fraud? Tell me. Otherwise I’ll call police. Everyone starts looking at each other but no one responds. “Who has packed the box no. 1005?” He asked to the workers.

Asad replies that he’s the one who packed the box no. 1005. What happened sir?

“Nothing has happened yet but soon you’ll behind the bars” said the factory owner.

Asad: “What I had done, sir?

Owner: the box which has sold ib black was 1005 and you packed it.

Asad: But it is not proved that I have done this. I’m not a fraud.

Owner gets mad at him in front of everyone. He blames him and call him a fraud.

Owner: whenever you went late from the factory, a box of dolls was stolen. Now, tell me what all this indicate?

Asad knew that he is innocent so, he asked his co-workers to support him but no one came for his help. Factory owner throws him out of the factory. He came at home early that day. His granny, keep on asking him “what happened? my son but he was so sad that he didn’t respond to her and goes to his room.

In the evening, when he came out from his room {in the darkness} he noticed that his granny is not there. He switch on the lights, and come out of the house. He calls out for her. {Sound coming from the back yard} Asad, I’m here. You also come here. He goes in the back yard and sits next to her putting his head on her laps.(in a dim moon light, they start talking)

Granny: what happened, Asad? Why are you so sad? Today, you came earlier. Is everything ok with you?

Asad (sobbing) couldn’t answer her.

Granny: Anyway, I have not told you a story for a long time. So, let me tell you a story.

{In her trembling voice, granny recite him a story}

“Once upon a time, there was a wood cutter. He used to go to the forest every day and cut wood. He lived his life by selling wood. One day, stuck in his thoughts. He lost his way in the forest. He wandered here and there but couldn’t find the right way. He sat under the tree, tired of defeat and was very scared because soon it was going to be dark. {Sound comes from the bushes} He was afraid. He stands up and had a look around. Suddenly, a tiger jumped in front of him. He got so scared that he almost loosed his senses. He starts screaming for help but then, he realised that he was in the middle of the forest and no one could help him. So, he decided to help himself, he has an axe with him. He mustered his courage and drove the tiger away. In this way he realised that in this world, we all are alone and should not expect help from others as no one will come to help you. In the end, you are the only one to help yourself.”

After listening to her story, Asad had also learnt his lesson. He decided to fight for his own and prove himself innocent. Next day, he went to the factory owner’s office. He asked for a chance to prove himself innocent. Owner was ready to give him a chance. Asad told the owner to check the CCTV of the front shop to find the actual culprit. From the CCTV, they caught the person who actually committed the fraud. Owner hand over the fraud to the police and apologized to Asad in front of the same factory workers. He appreciated him for his deed and asked him to join as a supervisor.

So you see, in a very small age Asad had become a supervisor in the same factory, where he got insulted. This is possible only because of his believe that “ EVERYONE SHOULD HELP THEMSELVES BECAUSE NO ONE WILL COME.”

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