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The Earth Revolves Around the Sun
“Shanti, does the Earth go around the Sun?” she asked.
Shanti said yes. Then her teacher asked her to open her
book and point towards Earth and Sun in the solar system.
Shanti immediately told her that she hadn’t brought the
book to school. She apologized for it.
The teacher asked Shanti, “Why? What happened?” Shanti
told her that she had arranged her bag as per Tuesday’s
time table when there was no science class. And today was
Wednesday.
“That’s okay, Shanti, sit down,” Gita ma’am said. “Just
look at these circles I have drawn on the board. If these
were the planets in the solar system, which would be
Earth? And which would be the Sun?”
“Ummm hmmm. I don’t know Ma’am,” Shanti replied.
The teacher asked her if she had forgotten what she had
read in class. Shanti replied she had not. She remembered
that Earth revolved around the Sun. But she was not sure
if she could say it with absolute certainty anymore.
Everyone in class started talking all at once. Nirupama
tugged at Shanti’s hand and said, “What are you saying?
Keep quiet.”
Gita ma’am asked, “Why do you say that, Shanti?”
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