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villagers to treat their sons and daughters equal. Due to his forward

            thinking everybody loved and respected him.

            One day a fire broke out at Dayaram’s house. He almost lost everything
            in that incident but luckily he and his family were safe. This incident

            didn’t break Dayaram. With full faith he started to rebuild all that he
            had lost. Seeing his fighting spirit the villagers gathered together to
            support him except Gangaram. The villagers helped him by giving

            food, shelter  and clothes.  They also collected  fund to rebuild  his
            house. Dayaram was very happy and thanked all the villagers for
            their support.


            Almost after one year, a flood occurred and Gangaram’s house, lands
            and all his property were washed away. But because of his selfish
            and arrogant behavior nobody was interested to help him. Dayaram

            was the first to lend him a helping hand. The villagers then followed
            Dayaram’s footsteps and come forward to help Gangaram. Gangaram
            learned a hard lesson that day. The people with whom he had behaved

            and treated rudely were helping him and his family. He broke into
            tears and promised to change himself. After this incident, Gangaram
            thanked everyone and apologized for his previous behaviour. Now
            all of them are living peacefully in the village cooperating with each

            other.


              KEY WORDS
            Arrogant                 : unpleasantly proud

            Discriminate             : differentiate on the basis of caste, class etc
            Inferior                 : lower in rank, status or quality
            Material Possession  : property or belonging

            Plot                     : a piece of land used for specific purpose
            Status                   : a person’s social position


              Note to the Teacher: Encourage the students to treat everyone equally in their community. Also
              mention the consequences when people are discriminated in various ways. The lesson can also be
              taught by citing examples from one’s own community or by telling such stories.

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