Microbes Hidden in the Earth

 Written by: Nasratullah Samim

Shirbaz was living with his family in a village. Ghotai was his sister and they were always grazing their sheep and goats in pastures.

One day, as usual, when they went to the pasture, Shirbaz asked Ghotai to play a running race with him. During running, Shirbaz injured his foot with a stone and blood was coming from it. Ghotai wanted to cut a piece of her shawl but Shirbaz picked up a piece of cloth from the ground and dressed his wound with it. Meanwhile, they heard a voice of laughter. After a few minutes, they went back home.

Shirbaz was suffering from his foot ache and he had a fever that night too. When he went to sleep, he dreamt of some people in special dresses in a hospital and they introduced themselves, physicians and nurses. There were some children in the hospital too. Shirbaz asked a doctor about them. The doctor says that these children are sick.

Shirbaz saw some children were playing on the ground and he wanted to play with them but the doctor prevented him. Meanwhile, a girl cut his hand with a knife and she wrapped it with a dirty cloth. The doctor gave a microscope to Shirbaz. Shirbaz saw some ugly small objects on the cloth. Those small objects entered the girl’s body through her wound and she became sick. Shiraz cried and he woke up.

Sheraz understood that his foot pain was also caused by the dirty cloth and microbes. He shared the issue with his mother and his father took him to the clinic and the doctor advised him some medicines.