A Child's Judgement

He was young enough. At such a tender age, social differentiations of rich and poor aren’t generally known, unless the parents have worked hard to grow a child to be extremely class conscious. He, luckily wasn’t born to such parents and all he knew was to live and let live.

He saw two young children who belonged to his similar age group. He expressed his willingness to play with them. They rubbed their stomach and with broken words said that they hadn’t eaten for a few days. He felt sorry. He asked if their mom didn’t cook pasta for them like his mother did for him. They replied that didn’t know who their mother was. They weren’t fed by anyone, except for those few generous people who threw pieces of leftover bread upon them. He felt as if a pin had pinch into his chest.

He saw a small puppy on the road. The young boys said that even the puppy didn’t have anything for the last few days. They expressed that shall be obliged enough if he could arrange something for them as well as the puppy.

The young boy thought to take the trio of them to his home but since his mom had left for office there would not be anyone to cook them something to eat.

He rushed to the nearby restaurant and asked, “How much would you take to give food to the three of them?”

The manager was his father’s friend. He passed on a smile and said, “Hundred bucks would be enough.”

“But, I don’t have hundred bucks”, replied the young boy.

“Then wait till your mom comes. She will cook something for them once she comes here”, replied the manager.

“They have been hungry for so many days. They can’t wait more”, he said and left the place.

He thought for a while and then picked the puppy. He rushed to every door and asked if they wanted to buy a puppy. He was disappointed at many doorsteps. Finally he found the nearby temple Priest and asked him, “Panditji I know you want a puppy. Please buy him.”

“How much are you selling him for young businessman?” asked Panditji.

“Hundred bucks Panditji.”

The Panditji gave him hundred bucks and asked the puppy. The young boy asked ten minutes from Panditji. 

He took the hundred bucks and rushed with the puppy. Panditji followed him.

When Panditji saw him buy meal for the three at the restaurant, he was left speechless.

“You should have bought them to the temple. We cook food for hundreds of people everyday. Even they could have had their food there.”

“I didn’t know that.”

“Young boy, you know a lot of things and you have made a proper judgment of the situation. Why did you think to sell the puppy?”

“By selling puppy I thought it would get a new home and my friends out there would have got a meal.”

“Now you don’t need to worry. Your friends and the puppy will get free meal at the temple everyday. Moreover I will pay the food bill here. You keep the hundred bucks with you.”

“I don’t need hundred bucks.”

“Keep it, if again you meet friends who haven’t had their meals then buy them something to eat.”

“Okay Panditji.”