Dangerous Cherry

  Written by: Abdullah Fazli

Nasim was a little boy lived with his family in a green village. Raihana was Nasim's sister.

One day, Nasim's parents went to the district clinic to visit a patient and wanted Nasim to stay at home.

 It was evening and Nasim's parents did not return from the district hospital.

Nasim was crying. Raihana asked the reason. Nasim replied that he is suffering from stomach pain and asked for help from Raihana.

Raihana called her uncle (Rauf) and told him about Nasim's illness and wanted him to take Nasim to the clinic.

Rauf replied that his car is broken and promised to come to their house as soon as possible.

Rauf arrived late and saw Nasim in a bad condition. Rauf asked Nasim about the cause of his illness.

Nasim replied that when he ate the cherries in the morning, he felt pain in one side of his abdomen. Rauf feared that Nasim is suffering from appendicitis, but did not know how to take him to the district clinic.

Raihana was worried when she heard the name of the appendix and she went to the house of the village lord and took his horse.

Rauf took Nasim to the clinic on horseback. When the doctor checked Nasim, he said that Nasim had swallowed a cherry seed and that he also had appendicitis. The doctor said Nasim had to have surgery to remove the cherry seeds and remove her appendix.

The doctor took Nasim to the operating theater. The next morning, Raihana and Rauf went to visit Nasim in his bed at the hospital. Rauf asked the doctor about Nasim's health.
The doctor replied that it was good to take the patient to the clinic earlier. Otherwise his illness will get worse and he may die.Rauf gave the credited to Raihana because she caused to save Nasim's life.

The doctor advised Nasim to avoid eating fruits with seeds such as cherries, apricots, peaches and some stone fruits.