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“Promise Naani, I won’t tell anyone.”
Our family was a happy family. There was only laughter in the family.
Everyone envied our family but it did not last long when your grandpa passed

away ¿ve years ago. Your grandmother started feeling that your parents paid
no heed to her. Last night while you were sleeping, there were arguments.
“Why?” he said. “I think there’re various reasons. Grandma, with age, is
getting quick-tempered. Your daddy is busy at his business and your mom has
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to prepare documents on the computer for the next day. Due to their busy
schedule, they did not have time to share each other’s problems.” said Naani.
Last night when your daddy arrived late night, grandma said, “Why are you
late nowadays? You neither pay attention to me nor to Kanchhu. I don’t want to
see you late again.” He got angry and said, “Don’t bother me. I have to handle
so many things.”

“Do you think I am nuisance? I don’t like to live with you any longer.
I’ll go to my younger son's house tomorrow.” she said.

“Didn’t my mom say anything?” Naani gestured, “Your mom was furious too.
She just added, “If you leave us now, never try to come back.”
“What did grandma say?”
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“Sure, I’ll never come back.”
Dinesh’s eyes ¿lled with tears. “I’ll never forgive my daddy and mom for

this.” “Kanchhu, you shouldn’t say so. It’s unfair. Remember what you
promised before. Keep to your word. It’s not only your parents’ fault, it's her too.
The fault is on both sides.”
Six months passed. Grandma would sometimes ring up and talk to him. As soon
as he said, “When are you coming grandma?” she would quickly change the
subject and start talking about something else.

Last Monday, ¿fteen days before his ¿nal examination of grade three his
parents called him to their room. “Dinesh, you’ve already scored distinction but
this time I want you to get the ¿ rst rank.” said Jayaram.
His mom also added, “According to your class teacher, you can if you put a
little bit more effort.”
“If you top the list, I will give you a prize something which you desperately
want.” Jayaram said.
“Okay daddy and mom” Dinesh replied.
Dinesh put his full effort into his study. He took his exam. The result came out
after 30 days. His parents did not have any words to express their happiness
when they found he was second in his class. While they were returning home
after collecting the results, they bought a tablet and put it in Dinesh’s room.
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