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What did Hafeez Contractor have nightmares about?
Hafeez Contractor would often get continuous nightmares about appearing for a Mathematics examination where he did not know anything.
What did the Principal say to him, which influenced him deeply?
The Principal told Hafeez that his mother used to work extremely hard to bring him up and paid all his fees on time, despite his father’s absence. Further, he also mentioned that Hafeez was a good student. He could score good grades with a little effort towards his studies. He motivated the young boy to rise to the occasion and study hard and also sideline his sports activities for the time being.
“… that year I did not step out onto the field.” What was he busy doing that year?
Being an active sportsman, Hafeez was the senior champion in school for many years and he always loved playing games, especially cricket. But when his Principal influenced him to study for his SSC dedicatedly, he gave up playing, and that year, he didn’t step out onto the field. He only went for prayers and all he did was eat and study for the exams.
(i) What “distraction” did Hafeez Contractor create one day?
(ii) Would you have liked to participate in the “distraction” had you been with him?
(i) Hafeez was always interested in playing funny pranks. One day, he created a distraction by playing chor police for one full hour at school.
(ii) Yes, I would have loved to participate in such a “distraction”, as it is kind of a break from the regular routine work.