Passage 17

In English

Both of us took our meals at 7.00 p.m. was sitting in the ground floor. told him: ", let us go upstairs. Don't sit here." ", if I go there, I cannot get sleep at 7 o'clock itself," said . asked him: "If you cannot sleep, what are you going to do here? You can do in upstairs what you intend to do here. I don't ask you to go to sleep. Get up immediately. Come, come," I insisted repeatedly. See how things happen. Death overtakes one, in whatever way you attempt to circumvent it. At last assumed an angry tone and rebuked him: "Your misfortune is your stubbornness." I pretended as if I was very angry with him. He felt pained. retired upstairs. He reflected for some time. He had been with for 22 years. He knew that whatever I said was for his good. He went to the kitchen and brought a tumbler of buttermilk. He came smilingly. ", you have been angry with me. Please drink this buttermilk and calm down." "! It is not anger, I have said everything for your good." said . said, " has perhaps some doubts that I may go out somewhere and talk to others." I replied, "If I have such doubts, will I keep you with me? Not at all. There are no doubts. I am saying this for your good." And then I said; "I am not used to drinking buttermilk at night. Why have you brought it for the first time to night?" He replied: "I felt like giving buttermilk to tonight and hence I brought it." "It is good that you got this idea. I shall take it, but, on one condition. I shall take the buttermilk as desired by you, but you must give me your word that after going down to place the tumbler in the kitchen, you will return upstairs." He said: "I will certainly return." I do not take buttermilk at all. I took a little quantity and told him, "I have taken buttermilk to please you." He had a pure heart. He asked me: "! Can I drink the rest of the buttermilk? I said: "Why throw it away? You may drink it." He drank it there itself. said: "But put back the tumbler and come up." He went down. He had given his word. But, he had perhaps the doubt that if he remained downstairs might call him. This kind of stubbornness is one of the traits of young people.