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My Dad’s Hero

Mansa was already quite impatient. She had been waiting
for her father since an hour now. Even Hitesh had finished
playing tennis, and he had an hour-long slot after her.
Now he had nothing better to do but to tease her. She got
angry with him.

“Why don’t you go drink water or something? I am thirsty
too, I could do with some cold water,” she said.

“Hmmm. You could do with some cold water for your
head too,” he said. He put his hand inside the front pocket
of his backpack and took out a small statue from it.

He walked up to Mansa. Mansa pretended she didn’t see
him walking towards her. She didn’t want to talk to him.
She was anxious, impatient, hungry, angry and tired all at
once.

Hitesh pulled her ponytail. “Mansa, see here. I’ve got
something for you.”

“What now?” she said, pushing him away.

“Look!”, he said, and thrust the statue under her nose.
Mansa had to see what he was holding in his hand. It was
a small white statue. If she wasn’t mistaken, it was a small
idol of Gautam Buddha. She had seen pictures and read
about him in her Class VIII textbook.

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