BIG AND SMALL, HIGH AND LOW, TOP AND BELOW.. WHAT ARE THEY?
That evening the boy turned 6+ was unhappy.
"His class teacher promised to put him on top for the day but forgot to do that!"
The daughter replied with a hidden smile.
"No She forgot that and his chance has gone for the day.. And he is pestering me to remind her on this!"
"No My chance is gone. Grandpa! Will you please talk to my teacher?"
The boy pleaded.
"Okay.. Tell me that!"
"Here they are!"
Said the boy with a certain firmness seen on his face.
The boy closed his eyes and sincerely repeated what his grandpa had said.. The grandpa patted the boy and said with a big smile,
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
That evening the boy turned 6+ was unhappy.
- "What's the matter, dear?"
"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?"
"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!"
"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!"
"Okay.. Tell me that!"
- "Get a paper, scale, pencil and an eraser!"
"Here they are!"
- "Draw a straight line of 5 cm length!"
- "Now Draw a line of 7 cm next it!"
- "Show me the smaller one!"
- "Now.. Erase the 7 cm line and in it's place draw a 3 cm line!"
- "Now tell me which line is the bigger one?"
- "See.. 2 minutes back, your 5 cm line was smaller but now it is bigger!"
- "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?"
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!"
- "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..
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?"
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
A good learning passed on at the early stages of life....
ReplyDeleteThanks Rajeev.. That's a nice comment on the Post!
DeleteFirst 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.
ReplyDeleteWhen 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.
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!
Delete