Mischief

-Irenipuram Balrasiah

‘In his school diary, they have written parents should come to school. On your way to office tomorrow enquire why did they call us?’ Urmila said with all wifely decency.

Immediately, Rahul flared up!

‘If he had not done any mischief, why should they call us? Where is he?’

‘He’s gone to tuition.’

In anger he was waiting for the return of his son. Soon after the boy came, he caught his neck.

Sharath started crying and said, ‘I didn’t do any mischief!’

‘Tomorrow I’ll come to school. Had you done any mischief I’ll fleece you!’

Second day in the school.......

‘Sir! Your son abuses his classmates by calling them bitch, devil........Please reform him!’ These words of the teacher pierced the heart of Rahul.

He looked at his son, and thought in his heart, ‘Reform should happen, not of my son but of myself!’ He came out from there with his head lowered!