Tough Lesson (standard:humor, 965 words)
Author: Lincoln	Added: May 19 2003	Views/Reads: 3353/2232	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
My uncle learned the lesson at last.

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beside her. 

“What is the name of the president of America?” asked the principal
softly. 

“Bush” 

“What is the name of his dog?” the principal asked in a harsh voice,
looking at my uncle! 

My uncle was astonished. “Are you asking me?” 

“Yes, of course! You have to show your qualification too!!” 

My uncle started to feel like a fish out of water. He thought he knew
the name of the dog! But could not remember it properly. He started 
gassing, 

“Tommy? Tony?” no, no.. “Lora or may be Brownie?”.. 

The principal stared at him mercilessly. Then she turned towards the
little boy, 

“What is the spelling of cat?” 

“C-A-T”, replied the child promptly. 

“Now, you”, asked the principal, looking at our helpless uncle, “what is
the spelling of rhinoceros?” 

Uncle was completely lost. He started scratching his head. He tried for
several times to spell it but clearly understood that he just did not 
know the spelling. 

“Very sorry, we cannot admit your son in our school. You can go now. We
have other parents waiting”, concluded the principal. 

My uncle was so shocked that he did not say a word. He took his son and
started straight back for home. 

He kept silent for the whole day. But his son was not silent. He told
everybody in the house word by word about what had happened inside the 
principal's room. He even showed others, how his father reacted to 
different questions by acting perfectly. 

Now my poor aunt got her opportunity to take revenge. She yelled at the
top of her voice and scolded our uncle.” 

Finishing the story Reza bhai started laughing. 

“So, your cousin did not get admitted at school?” I inquired. 

“Of course he did. My uncle took him to Government Primary School the
next week and admitted him there. He now personally looks after the 
education of his son. The ghost of English medium school went away from 
my uncle. My cousin stood first in the half yearly examination”, 
concluded Reza bhai. 


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