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“Saheb, your shoes are ready,” he said.
“Oh! they look as good as new,” said the man.

He gave the boy a ten rupee note.

“I don’t have any change, saab.”
“Never mind. Keep the change,” said the man.

“Thank you, saab,” Birju said and kept the note safely inside his pocket.
“What’s your name?” the man asked. “My name is Birju, saheb.”

“Do you know how to read and write?” asked the man.

“Yes I do. But I don’t attend school anymore,” replied Birju. “My father died last year,
saheb. Now I have to earn and support my mother and sister.”

“Do you still want to go to school?” asked the man.

“Yes saab. I want to study and become a doctor when I grow up. But we have no money
to pay the fees.”

“Don’t worry. God helps those who help themselves,” said the man. What did Birju tell the

At the next station, the man got down and disappeared in the crowd. man about his dreams
for the future?
Birju picked up his bag and got up. Suddenly, his eye caught sight

of a small wallet lying on the seat.
“The man has forgotten his wallet. I must return it to him,” he said to himself.

He looked around to see if he could find the man. He waited on the platform for a long

time. But the man was nowhere to be seen.
Finally Birju came home.

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