Swimmer Bilal

Written by: Abdullah Fazli

Bilal had gone from the city to the village to play with his cousin, Fahim. On the second day of his stay at his uncle's house, Fahim and Bilal went for a walk along the river. After a few minutes of play, Fahim decided to swim in the river and Bilal wanted to swim, but Fahim stopped him.

Bilal said that one of the reasons for coming to the village was walking in the village and swimming in the stream and he asked Fahim thatwhy he prevented from swimming. Fahim replied that he would not stop Bilal from swimming, but Bilal should not swim near the bridge but Bilal proudly refused and considered himself a skilled swimmer.
Fahim went down on the side of stream to find a suitable place for Bilal to swim, but Bilal called Fahim a coward person and dived into the water from the top of the bridge. Suddenly Bilal shouted and asked for help.

Several other children were swimming in the river. When Fahim heard Bilal shouting, he reached Bilal and tried to save him, but he did not succeed.

Bilal also tried to lift himself out of the water but could not because of something that was pulling him down.

Fahim asked one of the other boys (Firooz) for help, but he also could not get Bilal out of the water.

 Bilal fainted and could not speak. Fahim said that Bilal's head might have been hit with a stone and he might be died. He wondered what he would say to his father.

At this point, Fahim noticed an iron rod protruding from the concrete wall and Fahim's shirt was stuck in it. Firoz and Fahim released Bilal's shirt from the iron rod and brought out Fahim of the water.

Fahim did not sense Bilal’s breath and was very suffocated and said that Bilal might be died, but Firooz encouraged him that Bilal is alive. Firooz lifted both of Bilal's legs. Water came out of Bilal’s‌mouth and he Water came out of Bilal's mouth and he regained consciousness.

Bilal thanked Fahim and Firooz for rescuing him from death.

Bilal said that he was always swimming in the swimming pool of the city and he thought that the stream water would be the same to it, but he did not know that the swimming in the stream is more dangerous.

Fahim told him that he should not swim in places he did not know about them because it might have the danger of sinking.