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The Bungalow on the Corner of the Street

“He worked very hard and got them a deal that has
generated a huge profit for them,” Mr. Sharma told his
son. He grimaced. He could not bear to think what his son
would ask him next. Why he couldn’t earn that much
money, maybe?

Harsh was thinking. “I know Papa, I’ll also get rich like
Tripathi uncle one day. Then Mummy will be happy,” he
said, gleefully, and ran off.

Mr. Sharma turned back to the TV. He was worried. For
the first time in his life, his son and wife were talking about
earning more money, and he had no answers to give them.
He knew there was something wrong, that they were all
feeling envious of Mr. Tripathi’s family, but he did not
know how to tell his family not to want what they had.

Maybe he could ask them to want their own house. Not
Mr. Tripathi’s. He sat thinking.

In his room, Harsh was trying to think how much money
Tripathi uncle would have paid for the bungalow. He did
not know, so he thought he would ask Rohan. But he was
feeling uncomfortable about asking him. He did not know
why.

Winding up the house, Mrs. Tripathi was grumbling about
how her crockery was getting old. She wanted new plates

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