Forgotten Promise – Written No. 2617
I promise, I will take care of my bicycle in every way in the future
Thursday 4 January 2024
Nazir Anbalvi
Shiraz was a braggart boy of fourteen years۔He was very fond of cycling۔He became so skilled in cycling that now he started showing tricks while riding a bicycle۔During this time, the bicycle legs would quickly penetrate or break due to unnecessary use۔
One day he was showing tricks like this۔People passing by are seeing him doing stunts on a bicycle, but no one is stopping him from doing so۔
There was a sudden explosion۔People stared at Shiraz while walking on the road۔The tube of the rear tire had exploded with an explosion۔Shiraz got off the cycle۔The tire was also torn along with the tube۔Shiraz had gone far away from home bragging۔When he put his hand in his pocket, a hundred rupee note was in his hand۔
After some time he was standing next to a bicycle mason۔After looking at the tire and tube, Mistry said: The” tube will get punctured, but the tire will have to be changed۔
The new tire is worth seven hundred rupees, tell me to change the tire?“
Seven hundred rupees, I have a hundred rupees, it seems that I will have to go home on foot۔Shiraz thought while looking at the bicycle۔Then he took a bicycle and left for home۔When Shiraz reached home, he was very tired due to walking۔Ami Jan saw the back tire, which was stuck to the ground۔Say:”, today you have punctured the bicycle again۔
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”Today the tire is also torn along with the tube۔Puncture and cost of new tire, totaling eight hundred rupees.“
”eight hundred rupees.“Ami Jan repeated۔
”You give seven hundred rupees, I have one hundred rupees.“This peaceful style of Shiraz was enough to surprise Ami Jan۔
”How did all this happen?“
Hearing Ami Jan’s question, Shiraz answered very humbly: The rider on the” bicycle was walking towards the house when suddenly both the tube and the tire burst۔
From there I am coming home on foot taking a bicycle.“
Suddenly, when Shiraz saw her on a bicycle, she felt as if she was saying:” lie․․․․․Lie․․․․․A complete lie, tell about your deeds, tell the truth, tell the truth.“
Shiraz also replied in his eyes: ” you shut up, look, I am talking to my dear mother, it is a matter of eight hundred rupees۔
Amy is considering an appeal.“
Finally, mother gave eight hundred rupees to Shiraz۔Shiraz was successful in its goal۔It was too late to get a puncture in the new tire and tube that it had become the same Shiraz as before۔The bicycle started shouting in protest, but Shiraz was neither affected before nor was it happening now۔
One day he went to a new colony away on a bicycle۔
Seeing the big roads of the new colony, Shiraz started performing stunts on a bicycle there۔Sometimes he would lie down on a moving bicycle, sometimes he would put both his feet on the same field and sometimes he would put his feet on the donkey and put both his hands on his handle and shout happily that if we were like him, he would come forward, suddenly a Donkey car came۔Despite his efforts, he could not control the bicycle and the donkey hit the car۔
In this collision, Shiraz injured his knee and the front wheel of the bicycle became crooked۔When he entered the house with a limping leg and a crooked bicycle wheel, Ami Jan was terrified۔He applied ointment on his wound and gave hot milk to drink۔When Shiraz was lying on the Mushari, he could see a bicycle standing in the yard۔Seeing the bicycle, she felt sorry that she was also in a bad condition۔
He also needed repairs۔When Ami Jan came to the yard, she expressed her satisfaction and said:” Nowadays people drive vehicles indiscriminately on the roads, my son takes great care and rides a bicycle comfortably.“
Hearing this, Shiraz fell into thought۔His eyes fell on the bicycle۔She felt as if the bicycle was staring at her and after listening to her mother, she was saying: ” This is not true, you cannot even imagine the way Shiraz drives me۔
Shiraz tricks me, he doesn’t drive me, he pulls me, my total parts are very tired of him, he is not ready to understand anything.“
Suddenly Ami Jan stared at Shiraz lying on the bed۔Shiraz felt as if mother had heard all the words of the bicycle parts۔He thought something and took out a paper from the cupboard and placed it in front of Shiraz۔This paper was from the time when Ami Jan bought her a bicycle, Shiraz promised her, which was written on the paper: ” he will protect the bicycle, drive it carefully, clean it. Will take care, he will not do tricks on it like naughty children۔
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Shiraz did not follow any of these things۔Abu Jan had gone to another city for his office work, so there was no possibility of getting more money from Ami Jan to repair the bicycle۔
The next day Shiraz had to go to school limping۔The school was not far away, so Shiraz used to go to school on a bicycle۔On returning home, seeing the pocket money in his geometry box, Amy asked:”, why didn’t you spend these rupees?“
”I want to collect money for the bicycle and get it repaired۔
I will not injure him again.“Ami Jan’s heart was also touched by his words۔He said:” It is the best thing to realize a mistake۔I will pay for bicycle repair, promise, use bicycle carefully.“
”I promise, I will take care of my bicycle in every way in the future.“Hearing this from Shiraz, mother may have been happy as well as the bicycle۔