Strange Microbe

   Written by: Abdullah Fazli

Farhad and Mateen were two friends and neighbors. They were always playing together. As usual, one summer day Mateen asked Farhad to play with him in the village ground. Farhad denied and said the village ground is polluted but Mateen did not accept and they started to play football. The bad smell of the pollution was causing them not to breathe well but they continued their football. Once the ball fell in the garbage. Mateen took and cleaned it with his hands and continued their playing.

A few minutes later, Mateen started to cough and he felt bad. He was not able to play football anymore and he sat beside a wall.

Farhad asked about his health. Mateen said that he did not feel well in the last three days and now he is suffering from nausea too. Farhad took his hand and wanted to take him to the clinic.

Meanwhile, they heard some terrible voices that were saying that they are very lucky to enter Mateen’s body.

 Those were the voices of two microbes. The first microbe said to the other one that they were unlucky that a group of boys did not play on the ground due to the garbage.

Farhad and Mateen reached to the clinic. The doctor checked Mateen asked about his food. Mateen said that he has not eaten anything outside the house. Then the doctor asked if they have played in a dirty place. Farhad said yes and added that they were playing in the village ground where there are many flies too. Farhad added that once Mateen took the ball from the garbage and cleaned it with his hands.

The doctor said that some dangerous microbes have entered into his body from the garbage and he became sick.

 The doctor prescribed him some medicines. Farhad and Mateen promised that they would never play in the place where there are the possibilities of being microbes.