Treasure
Muralidhar was unmarried old man. His younger brother’s family used to take care of his food and other requirements. There was a rumour in the village that Muralidhar had stored his entire savings of his life in a pot buried in the mud floor of his house. People’s speculation varied that he has old treasure containing silver coin ranging from thousand to a five thousand silver coins. Muralidhar’s three nephews always spent time with their uncle. Even if one of them had to go somewhere, they would leave someone at home in their family with the uncle so that the other two brothers do not turn him towards them.
The three of them always tried to outdo the others when it came to taking care of their uncle. They knew that these were the last days in their uncle’s life and he could give the treasure to anyone. One would get milk with saffron while the other would get hot Jalebi in the morning. Another would get him new clothes.
Everyone came to know that the pot was buried in the mud floor of his room. The bulge could be seen from outside. Uncle always had the pot in his sight wherever he sat in the house. He always locked the door when he had to go out.
Uncle passed away one day even as he was getting good care from his three nephews. Even at the funeral, the three of them kept thinking of the treasure. As soon as they came home, they dug up the floor and took out the pot. When they removed the cover of the pot, they found some boulders inside the pot. There was a white paper on which was written “Dear nephews! You took good care of me! I didn’t have anything but I spent my old age in comfort using my clever thinking. Please take care of my brother. He is a noble person!”
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Network strength
“Hello, good Morning Sir!” said the branch manager and got up from his seat as soon as he got the call from the Chief General manager.
“Mr. Vinod. You haven’t sent the Monthly Progress Report yet.”
“Pardon Sir, I am not able to hear your voice.”
“Fifth has been fixed as last date for submission of reports.. Today is the twelfth day and you haven’t sent the report. I need the report today at any cost.”
“Sir, I am not able to hear you. Network signal strength is very poor here.”
“And Yes, I have given my acceptance for your training abroad. Please send your details so that we can complete the remaining formalities also.”
“Ohh.. Thank you very much sir. I will send those details today. What details do I need to send sir?”
“There is no reason to say thanks. I was checking the network strngth. It looks like the network is doing fine now. Please send the monthly report. And I need it today and today itself.”
