Dirty Ball

written by: Asma kakar

Once upon a time there were three friends: Mohammad Shah, Zaki and Tawfiq. One day they were playing cricket near a dirty water stream. While the turn reached to Mohammad Shah, he strongly hit the ball and the ball fell in that dirty stream.

No one was ready to pick the ball out of the stream, Mohammad Shah took it and asked his friends to play with it, but they denied playing with dirty ball.

Mohammad Shah went home and wanted to wash the ball, but his mother prohibited him from playing near the dirty stream. Mohammd Shah promised her to let him for the last time.  He took the ball and a piece of cloth with him and went for playing.

During the play, the ball fell in the dirty stream many times and Mohammad Shah cleaned it with the cloth he had brought from home. Many microbes gathered on the cloth, affected his hands.

He had not been paying any attention to his cleanliness. After passing a few days, rashes appeared on his hands and he became ill.

None of his friends was playing with him. He went to a doctor and the doctor gave him necessary medicine and advised him not to play near a dirty stream.

After some days, he recovered from the illness and was regretful for playing near the dirty stream.

His friends ag started playing with him again, but this time, in a wide ground, far from the dirty stream.