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The New Video Game

Raju’s mother came to the room. “Come Raju, your father
is here,” she said. He looked at his mother’s face. She had
been crying. “What happened, mother?” he asked, once
again.

“Come out first, Raju. Let’s sit in the living room,” she
said. Raju was worried and scared by now. He did not
know why his mother was behaving this way.

Raju’s father looked calm, so Raju got a little confidence
and asked him, “Why is mother crying, Papa?”

Raju’s father took him in his arms. “It’s okay, Raju. Your
mother is upset. You have failed in one subject in your
term exams this time. Your teacher called in the afternoon
to tell your mother,” he said.

Raju did not know how to react. He saw his mother’s face,
and burst out crying. His father hugged him. He cried so
much that he was exhausted in sometime. He had never
failed in any of his exams, ever.

He did not know how he did not pass this time. All he
knew was that he had only studied while he was playing
his games in his room. He had never studied apart from
when he was playing a new game.

He could not talk to his parents anymore. He needed to go
to sleep. He went off to his room, switched off the new

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