Rinku and Sam were siblings. Their father was not strict and used to pamper them a lot and he listened to all of their demands but their mother was strict and she used to scold them a lot if they behaved badly.
One day their father had to go on a trip out of city for work, he told the children, “Listen my dear children I am going on a working trip, so behave like good children and don’t trouble your mother. I have called your grandmother so that she can look after you.” The children were sad when their dad left.
Next morning the mother went to Rinku and Sam’s room to wake them up so that they can get ready for the school. The mother told them to wake up and get ready or they would miss the school bus but the children said, “Let us sleep for five more minutes. If we miss the bus, you drop us at school.” The mother replied, “Getup or you will not get your breakfast and if you miss the bus, I am not dropping you to school.” The children angrily said, “Dad is good and you are bad, he lets us sleep for five more minutes and he drops us to school if we miss the bus.” After sometime the children got ready and had their breakfast and when they were going down their building to wait for the school bus, Sam and Rinku asked their mother to carry their bags for them as their dad used to carry their bags for them everyday but the mother said, “You can carry your bags, you are not small now.” Rinku and Sam left for the school bus angrily.
At five in the evening their school was over and as everyday their dad used to pick them up in the evening the school bus left because Rinku and Sam had forgotten to tell the bus driver that today they would be going by bus. They called home, their grandmother picked up the phone, Rinku told their grandmother, “We have missed our bus, can you tell mother to pick us from school?”, the grandmother said, “ok I will tell your mother.” Rinku and Sam waited for their mother but after sometime they thought that their mother doesn’t care about them like their dad and so she would not come to pick them up and so they started walking towards their home.
When they reached home, they saw their grandmother alone at home and asked her where their mother was. Grandmother told them that their mother had went to school to pick them up. One hour had passed the mother did not return home, so all three of them started worrying about her. They tried calling her but were not able to reach her due to network problem. After half an hour the mother returned home, the grandmother and children were relieved. The grandmother asked, “why are you so late we were worried about you?”, the mother said, “I went to Rinku and Sam’s school but after reaching there the guard told me that the children had left for home. While I was returning home, I decided to buy them sweets that they love so much, so I got late. I tried calling at home but due to network problem the call didn’t connect.”
The children heard their mother and started crying and said, “Mom, we thought you did not care about us. You always scold us so we disliked you but we were wrong you love us and care about us.” The mom hugged the children and said, “Me dear ones, I love you and care about but I don’t want you to become lazy and act badly so I scold you and want you to do your own work.” They all hugged each other and cried. Rinku and Sam from next day onwards started helping their mother in her work and started respecting her.
Moral: Our parents scold us so that we become good human beings and behave in a good manner, so we should listen to them and respect them.