Story Outlines: A fine day in summer – school closed – some boys go for playing near
a stream – begin to play – one slips and falls into the water – none knows how to
swim – request a passers by to save the boy – the passers by rescues the boy –
he tells them to learn swimming.
An Untoward Incident
It was a fine day in summer. School was closed due to summer vacation.
Ratul and his close friends Arun, Abdul, Ibrahim and Manab planned to go near a
stream in the next village. They began playing “gilli danda” with much fun and
frolic. Then suddenly an untoward incident happened. Ibrahim slipped his legs
and fell straight into the stream. He didn’t know how to swim, nor did anyone
of them. The undercurrent was pulling him down and he was just waving his hand.
Incidentally, a passers by was passing by the road. They saw him and requested
him to save their friend from drowning. The passers by jumped into the stream,
swam and dived into the water and pulled Ibrahim out of water. All the boys
thanked him. He suggested to them that they should learn the skill of swimming.
Moral : The careful never
fall in trouble.