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TEARS OF SUFFERING

5 TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS IN

SCHOOL

Samphel was extra vigilant about his brother’s safety as
he had seen a bunch of scurrilous boys intimidating the
younger ones, but everything went as he had anticipated.
And Ugyen attended the school with all his heart.
Everything was perfect for him. He was in Elysium.
That’s all he needed for a boy like him who had come out
of the street, but for how long?

One day, Samphel saw a cluster of boys in a circle,
shouting: “Chenga! Chenga!” Two boys were having a
duel inside the circle but he could not see the fighters. All
his instinct forced him to jostle his way into the crowd,
only to find his little brother, Ugyen receiving a myriad
of blows. Poor Ugyen was no match for his hulking
opponent.

In a fit of rage, Samphel grasped the boy by his collar and
slapped him hard on his right cheek. “Drat, you rogue,

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