Naseem the Champ

    Written by: Abdullah Fazli

Naseem was a boy who had a problem with his one leg and Gul Ahmad was his only friend. Gul Ahmad was famous for swimming. Naseem also liked swimming and wanted Gul Ahmad to teach him swimming.

The first day, when Naseem went swimming with Gul Ahmad, Khalil and other boys were mocking his disability. Naseem became disappointed. Gul Ahmad prevented Khalil and others from mocking Naseem. Naseem dived in the water but as it was his first time of swimming, he was near to sink but Gul Ahmad rescued him and took him to his house.

Gul Ahmad told Naseem that he would no longer swim with him. Naseem became very sad and he thought that Gul Ahmad was also ashamed for his disability.

The next day, Gul Ahmad went to Naseem’s house and he apologized for the mistake and the inconvenience. Meanwhile, he wanted Naseem to go with him to learn swimming. They started swimming in the same stream. Khalil and his friends came again and started mocking Naseem. Naseem did not care and continue his swimming.

Khalil asked Gul Ahmad and Naseem to have a swimming race with them. Khalil’s team won the race but Gul Ahmad and Naseem lost.

After that day, Naseem was going to the stream only with Gul Ahmad and was practicing swimming and he learned swimming well.

one day a heavy rainfall caused a flood and the villagers were watching it. They saw that a boy was swept away by the flood and no was able to rescue him.

When Naseem saw the boy, he dived into the water and in a few seconds, he rescued the boy. The boy was Khalil. Khalil was astonished that how Naseem rescued him and he apologized for what he had done before.

When Khalil's father came and got aware of the incident, he called Naseem a champ and gave one of  Naseem’s lambs as a gift to him.