On one summer day, Rahul was playing around in the garden of his house with some tea set waiting for his sister, Tanya. Tanya was in 9th grade and she was always busy studying but still gave some time to spend with her brother and to play with him for a while in a day. That day, she had been in school since early morning. Rahul was missing her r so much that he started crying, so his grandmother called him to tell him a story to console him. The story was all about a village and the sun.
Before starting the story, she told him that it was the revenge that the sun took on the village. Rahul became curious about the story and asked his grandmother to start the story without wasting any time. So, his grandmother started. In the story were a few villagers and the sun as the main characters. There were 5 people named Manoj, Nagaraj, Mahi, Lakshmi, and Vripina. They were all farmers and they used to grow, plot, harvest, etc as their job, but they never got tired of it in their life till now. They had a belief that the sun looked after them and wanted them to plow and harvest like good farmers. They also knew that the sun was capable of getting angry at them and they never did anything to annoy the sun. Once a big vehicle came towards their farmland. All five of them stared at the vehicle. The vehicle stopped at the doorstep of the house. There was a man who got down from it. He wore a clean suit, shoes, and sunglasses. He looked like a cool gentleman. He was holding some papers while he got down. After he came to them, he asked “Who is Manoj here?” Manoj went forward and asked him about the papers he had in his hands. After hearing the question from Manoj, the man explained that he had come here to purchase their lands for building some factories and industries and he would give them 50 crores rupees for it. All the five people were so happy about the offer that they accepted it. But later on, after these five people signed the paper the gentleman disappeared without saying a single word about the agreement. So they all got to know that it was a trap for them to give him the land, but it was too late for them to realize it because they had already given him everything and didn't have a home to stay in. They tried stepping on their lands only to get severely burnt by the heat. They started to live on streets and roads. After a few days, the sun started to get hotter and hotter, but no one knew the cause of it. So it was hard for all five of them to live on roads and streets. But then before they went to others' houses for shelter, others also had lost all their property too and now they had no place to live. And they all got to know that it was the sun who took revenge on them because before that guy had come to the village they were happy and leading a happy life through harvesting and now they couldn’t do even that. So they realized to follow their traditions and beliefs always. They worshipped the sun for 2 days. Sun told them that the man in the suit was him and he was testing their greed. The villagers apologized for their mistake. The sun forgave them. Then later there was heavy rain where everyone was so happy.
As soon as his grandmother finished the story, Tanya ran from the gate to him. They were happy to see each other. Tanya had completed all her homework at school and now she had time to spend with Rahul. So they both played till their mother called them inside for dinner.
Written by:
Khushi K
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