college and giving a helping hand at
home.”
“Oh, dear! If you're busy I will catch
up with you later.”
“No, no, just chill! You've come online
after a long time so let's chat. I can always
finish the chore later. Tell me what's new
at your end?”
They got so engrossed in their chat that
Vidhi didn’t realise that an hour had
passed. Her mother now returned from
the temple and realizing that she had
goofed up, Vidhi quickly cut short the
chat.
“Toral, I have to leave now. Will speak to
you later. Bye.” Saying so she ran to the
kitchen to finish the chores.
Her mother went straight to the bedroom
and seeing that Vidhi had not changed the
bed sheet, she asked ,
“Why haven't you changed the bed sheet
yet? If your dad sees things in this state, he
will get angry.”
“I did go to change it, but I felt the
previous one was ok. I thought you must
have changed it already”, Vidhi lied
immediately.
“Why would I ask you to change it if I had
done it?”
“I thought...”
“Vidhi, didn’t you hang the washed
clothes?”
“How can I hang the clothes, as they are
still in the washing machine? In the
meanwhile, I thought I might as well put
away the dishes.'
Vidhi had lots of excuses ready for her
mother but Bhavanben was annoyed
because Vidhi had not completed any of
the chores and she reacted angrily,
“Does it take an hour to put away the
dishes?”
“Mom, I was helping Bunty with his Maths
assignment because he was unable to
solve it on his own.” Vidhi lied again to
save herself from her mother's wrath.
Bhavanaben now cooled down thinking
that Vidhi had helped in one way if not
another. “Oh, well! Now let's finish
everything quickly. Your father shall be
back soon.” Now Vidhi felt relaxed, ‘Fine!
No heated arguments now.' She started
helping her mom but she felt very guilty
for lying. .
Vidhi came back to the present on
remembering the guilty feeling. She
wondered, 'What should I do to come out
of this bad habit of lying?'
Let’s see what Dadashri has to say on
this...
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