The Old Man with gray hair walked up to a 4 storey
commercial building and stood near the entrance. It was the day after the State
examination results had come out. And students with beaming faces were rushing
in and out of the building. On the top floor were a private tutorials who had
vigorously taught those students around the year to score their most, and so
had many of their students scored. They were the ones who were now rushing in
and out of the building.
The Old Man loosened his grip of the suit case he
held, then slowly lowered it to the ground, and let it rest. " Hey
kid!" the Old Man hissed to a passing student. "Tell me who scored
the most from this tutorials of yours". "That guy in the yellow t
shirt, you see. The one with spectacles", the student replied pointing to
another student in a yellow t shirt and wearing spectacles.
"Ohk..good", the Old Man said shoving the kid away " Now go
on".
The guy in yellow t shirt and spectacles soon became
aware of staring eyes. He turned to see an Old Man with gray hair and a long
gray over-coat staring at him. His stare seemed unusual.
The Old Man signaled the kid to come near. The kid a
bit confused approached. "Whats your good name kid?", asked the Old
Man with gray hair. " Jack....Jack Ass sir" replied the kid with
yellow t shirt and specs. " So tell me Jack Ass, do you feel good about
your performance?" "Absolutely sir. My parents and teachers are super
proud of me." " Hmm..and why did you perform so good?"
"Sir? what..i don't get you" " Chuck that..how did you get those
glasses? Did you watch a lot of cartoons kid?" " No sir..never..not
at all..i don't mean to be humble sir, but the glasses are, mom says because i
read a lot" "Oh..and what do you read?" "That which i am
supposed to read..you know text books, reference ones, newspapers. Something
that always tell me how the world is" "Oh..and did the newspapers
tell you a lot about the world?" "Yes sir they indeed did" "Are you sure the spectacles aren't
because of watching cartoons?"
"Well sir, if it clears your doubt i am happy to tell you that i
anyway loathe something as useless as cartoons" " Well Jack Ass, as i guessed..you
really are a very healthy example of an ideal student"
The Old Man stooped to open his bag and continued,
" You deserve an award for this. We at ‘The Old Man’s barn’ are proud to
honour you my dear boy with this gift you indeed deserve and need too”, saying
this the Old Man yield a shot gun out of his case and shot two rounds into the
boy, sending him flying almost five feet away from where the Old Man was
standing.
