As soon as Sahil came from school, he would start playing games with his mother's mobile or chatting on social sites. Once he sat down to play, he would keep playing for hours. He was neither worried about homework nor about food. His hobbies were to play football, play guitar and play games on mobile. But now forgetting everything, he used to play on mobile only from morning till evening.
Despite both parents' refusal, Sahil does not agree. Because of this habit, he was falling behind in studies also. Due to lack of physical activity, his weight was also increasing continuously. Mother wanted Sahil to play and pay attention to studies and his health as well. But Sahil was not ready to accept any of his words. Mom was now thinking of some other way to explain to him.
The exam was over. This time the parents were planning to go to the village with Sahil during the holidays. Actually mother wanted Sahil to spend holidays with grandfather this time. Walk around the village with them. Learn good habits from them and stay fit as they stay fit.
Sahil also agreed to go with his parents during the holidays. He thought, 'Going there, my mother will not interrupt me for studies. I will happily play on mobile all day. Wow! How much fun it will be.'
Mummy had already told Grandfather about Sahil's addiction to playing on mobile. He too had made all preparations to bring Sahil out of the 'virtual world' to the real world and to pay attention to studies and health.
As soon as the holiday was over, Sahil reached the village with his parents. As soon as he reached there, Grandfather hugged him. Kept him in his room. Waking up early in the morning while sleeping, asked to go for a walk with him. Sahil also said yes to keep his mind.
When Sahil did not wake up the next morning, Grandfather himself went and picked him up. As soon as he got up and got ready, he went with Grandfather. After a while, Sahil also started enjoying while roaming around. On the way, Grandfather showed him many birds and when asked their names, Sahil could not tell. Grandfather said, "Son, I have heard that you use your mother's smart phone a lot. Doesn't he know all this?"
Sahil felt embarrassed after hearing grandfather's words. Actually he could not tell Grandpa that he just plays games on mobile or chats with friends.
Grandfather also showed Sahil a variety of trees, plants, fields and barns and the river of his village on the way. However, there was not much water in the river. Sahil liked this morning view very much.
On returning home, Sahil lay down on the bed and Grandfather started exercising in the courtyard. Seeing them, Sahil's eyes were wide open. After some time Sahil's mother brought him breakfast, then Sahil was relieved.
Two days later, it was the birthday of Sahil's cousin Amit. Grandfather had called all the children around the house. Grandfather had made all the arrangements for the party.
Seeing the children coming home, Sahil also came out of the room and started playing with them. All the kids had a lot of fun. Sahil was having a lot of fun with them. He had such fun after a long time. After the party all the children started going to their respective homes, so Grandfather asked everyone to come again the next day in the evening.
In fact, the next day Grandfather had organized a 'One Minute Game' and 'Poetry Competition' for the children, in which the winner was also going to get a prize. Grandfather had also called some of his friends to decide the competition.
In the evening when the children gathered at home, Sahil only took part in a 'one minute game'. He started thinking, 'When I was in third grade, I used to participate in poetry competition every time in school. Sometimes I used to recite my own poetry, sometimes my mother used to make me prepare for the competition. Sometimes I even got the first prize. But now I have a poetry competition in my house, so I am not able to participate.
Sahil could not understand which poem to recite. While the rest of the children were reciting their poem, Sahil was thinking, 'Ever since I started playing games on mobile, I have stopped paying attention to studies and school activities. What's more, now I don't even come home and tell my mom what's going on in school.
After the poetry competition was over, Grandfather gave prizes to the three winners. Then everyone danced a lot and after having dinner returned to their respective homes.
After a few days, Sahil also returned to the city with his parents. Sahil had changed after coming from the village. Now he started focusing on his health along with his studies. After doing homework every day, he started going for a walk in the park.
A week later, when Mummy was talking to Grandpa on the phone, she heard Mummy saying, “Thanks Papaji! Your plan worked."
It didn't take long for Sahil to go to the village and understand Dadaji's entire plan. He came out of the room and hugged his mother. Then he said, "You are the best mom in the world. Thanks mom for making me Sahil like before."
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