The Young Chronicle: For 2nd Graders March 15th, 2015 | Page 4

YOUNG CHRONICLE

Men At Work 

Mohit was driving along a highway. He stopped at a roadside dhaba
and ordered tea. He sat at a table as he waited for his order. He
suddenly noticed two men working along the roadside.
One man would dig a hole two or three feet deep in the ground and
then move on. The other man came along behind him and filled in the
hole with the soil the previous man had dug out.
As Mohit sipped his tea and watched these strange proceedings
going on for some time, he could not contain his curiosity any longer.
He finished his tea and walked towards the two men
who were still engrossed in their work. “Hold it, hold
it,” he said to the men. “Can you tell me what's
going on here? What exactly are you both
doing?’’
“Well, we work for the government." one of
the men said.
“But one of you is digging a hole and the
other is filling it up. You're not
accomplishing anything. Aren't you
wasting the government's
money?” said Mohit.
"You don't understand,
mister," one of the men
said, leaning on his shovel
and wiping his brow.
“Normally there are three of us. My name is Ashok, this is Deepak
and our third colleague is Ramu. I dig the hole, Ramu plants a tree in
the hole and Ashok here puts the dirt back.”
"Yes”, Deepak said. “Now just because Ramu is ill and couldn’t come
today, that doesn't mean we’ll stop our work, does it?”
And Mohit was left absolutely dumbfounded as the men moved along
and continued their work!