Friday, December 1, 2017

BIG AND SMALL, HIGH AND LOW, TOP AND BELOW.. WHAT ARE THEY?

That evening the boy turned 6+ was unhappy.

  • "What's the matter, dear?"
The grandpa asked.

"His class teacher promised to put him on top for the day but forgot to do that!"

The daughter replied with a hidden smile.

  • "So another boy's name was there?"
Asked the grandpa..

"No She forgot that and his chance has gone for the day.. And he is pestering me to remind her on this!"

  • "Dear! What's the big thing here? If not today another day she'll do that!"
The grandpa tried to console the child.

"No My chance is gone. Grandpa! Will you please talk to my teacher?"

The boy pleaded.

  • "No problem, dear! I'll sure ask her. But before that shall we do a funny thing? You sure will like it!"
The boy instantly wide eyed asked,

"Okay.. Tell me that!"

  • "Get a paper, scale, pencil and an eraser!"
The boy quickly arranged the 4 and said,

"Here they are!"
  • "Draw a straight line of 5 cm length!"
The boy drew the line of 5 cm length and looked at his grandpa..
  • "Now Draw a line of 7 cm next it!"
He did that too and looked at his grandpa.
  • "Show me the smaller one!"
The boy instantly showed the 5 cm line.
  • "Now.. Erase the 7 cm line and in it's place draw a 3 cm line!"
The boy again did that silently not knowing why his grandpa was asking all that..
  • "Now tell me which line is the bigger one?"
"The 5 cm line!"
  • "See.. 2 minutes back, your 5 cm line was smaller but now it is bigger!"
The boy was instantly mesmerized with the age old trick played by his grandpa..
  • "See.. Dear! These big and small are so much changing. One minute it is big and the next moment it is small. Should we really care for these quick changes?"
"No!"

Said the boy with a certain firmness seen on his face.
  • "And the top and below are also like that.. We need not bother for them!"
The boy silently nodded his head. The grandpa took the boy closer and said,
  • "Dear! You shouldn't bother for these. They'll be changing a little this way and that way. But if you do good work all the year, I'm sure you'll be in the top few.. That's enough for us.. So close your eyes and say..
'I'll study well all the year and do what my teacher and mom says.. That's good enough for me!'

The boy closed his eyes and sincerely repeated what his grandpa had said.. The grandpa patted the boy and said with a big smile,
  • "Very good, my boy.. Now.. Take your bike and let's go to our park.. You can practice your learning.. After that, I'll buy your favorite ice cream.. Okay?"
"Yessssss.. I'm ready, Grandpa!"

Screamed the boy with an unknown happiness and ran towards his bike..



Having instilled in his boy the fundamental concept of facing healthy competition thru' good work at that young age, the grandpa felt highly satisfied and the next moment they both moved on towards the park!

Keywords: healthy competition, work

4 comments:

  1. A good learning passed on at the early stages of life....

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  2. First of all your grandchild is really very cute, though i have seen his pictures earlier expressed the same thing earlier but could not resist this time to share again.
    When you share the incidents taken place between you and your grand child it reminds me of my Nana.

    The age old tricks are always very helpful to make things understand in short time.
    Nice read.

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    1. That's such a nice compliment to hear from you, Jyotirmoy and thanks a lot for the appreciation.. You are right.. All grand parents have such an interest and patience in them in educating and molding their grand children in the right way at their tender age.. And that indirectly helps the otherwise busy parents too.. Your Nana too had such an interest in him towards you.. Thanks once again and best wishes!

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