Saturday, 12 September 2015

Vivek - The Good Samaritan!


       Elizabeth is an English teacher in the St. Mary's School, Attappaadi. After her education in the best institutions in the country, Elizabeth kept her word that she gave to her brother Dr. Ken who died as a missionary doctor at Attappaadi. He had contracted malaria while serving at Attappaadi. And in his death bed, Elizabeth vowed to him, that she will go to Attappaadi and serve the innocent kids who were his patients. Ken and Elizabeth were the two loving kids which God gave to Chacko and Mary. The couple brought the kids up with a great love for God and all his creations. They had a beautiful garden and a lot of hens. They also had a cat named Pussy, a dog named Bruno and a cow named Mofy. They grew up among these animals and plants. Elizabeth grew up to become a teacher and as a righteous teacher, she always tried to pass the love for nature to her students too. 


         It was a pleasant day, when Elizabeth was travelling back to home from market along with her mother in her car. The road was so perfectly  tarred that the vehicles were rushing so swiftly. Elizabeth, too was riding at a fair speed. The car took a turn when she saw a little boy standing in the middle of the road and he was waving his hands asking to stop the car. When Elizabeth's car came closer, she understood that he was having an injured dove in his hands. There was blood in his hands too. The boy asked for help to save the life of dove. The dove was run over by a car some time before. The boy saw it and he rushed to it. He was panting and told that nobody was caring to admit him in to take the dove to a hospital. Elizabeth opened the door for him and they drove swiftly to the hospital were her brother Ken was serving. It was the only hospital in the vicinity and rushed it to the casualty. The doctor and a nurse present there were Ken's friends and they identified Elizabeth and Mary. The dove was observed by the doctor and it was found to have crushed its left wing and it was bleeding. The vehicle had actually missed the dove by an inch. They cleaned the wound and placed some medicine. Doctor told to Elizabeth that the dove will be fine, but needed some rest. Doctor congratulated her for her good deed. She told to the doctor that it was not her who has to be congratulated but the little kid. They looked around and saw the boy. He was brought near and was asked why did he save the dove lying on the road. Boy answered that he thought about the dove and thought himself in the dove's position. What would he want passers by to do for him then? This was a shock to all who were standing there. Elizabeth hugged the boy. Tears rolled down from her eyes. They gave the dove to boy and asked what his name was. He replied - Vivek. 

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