WASTED
EFFORT
The
animals sat down patiently after the dedication service to hear the head wolf’s
announcement. Bristles for that was what the head wolf’s name was, stood up to
give his announcement as follows:
The
name of the university is Bristles University. The name of the other school is
Lady Bristle’s group of Schools. The school fees for the primary and secondary
sessions are 30,000 quids and 50,000 quids respectively
The
fee for the university is 450,000 quids. You may go now, thank you.
WASTED EFFORTS 2
The
animals stared on in total disbelief as Chancellor Bristles made his
announcement. What? Did they hear right or was their ears playing them false?
What manner of speech is this that the head wolf was saying? They sat glued to
their seats.
One
small hand shot up. The owner of the hand stood up to speak after he was given
the permission to do so. It’s name was Ed, a young piglet with very outstanding
qualities. Young as it was, its sense of reasoning and foresight was
astonishing and it’s oratory prowess was impeccable.
WASTED EFFORT 3
“Sir,
I thought you said the school fees would be affordable to us all? How come we
now hear such exorbitant prices like the ones you have just mentioned?”
“Are
these prices not low enough, my piglet?” responded Mr. Bristles.
“Sir,
these prices are not affordable” continued Ed, “I am very disheartened to have
experienced a day such as this. You are quite aware that most of our parents do
not earn a yearly income of 20,000 quids. With this sum they pay house rents
and other bills, feed and cloth us, where on this Caspian do you expect us to
get the money you have now introduced as school fees?
WASTED EFFORT 4
“You
know how much we have all labored to see these schools established. We gave our
time, energy and finance working hard without food and water, working in the rain and sun heat so as to
complete this task” He paused momentarily.
Many
of the animals were surprised to hear Ed speak. They watched in great
admiration as he defended their course, carrying the full responsibility of the
whole animals on his young shoulders. As the piglet narrated the story of their
sufferings, many of the animals burst into tears.
WASTED EFFORT 5
Ed
the pig continued with emotion laden voice, “After all these effort, the schools
have been built. We came here today to hear something sweet to comfort us and
soot our pains but to my uttermost chagrin, your speech had turned contrary to
expectations and have left us deflated giving our small ego a very great
bruise”
Chancellor
Bristles blushed one or two times and then began to speak, “If as you have
spoken, eighty percent or more of you cannot afford these fees, remember that
there are a lot of individuals outside our religious circles who can afford it.
Sorry there is nothing I can do about it. Goodbye.”
Haven
said this; he left the hall followed by his long routine of wolves.
WASTED EFFORT 6
The
animals left the hall in small groups. They were all totally disappointed. The
outcome of the day’s meeting was not what they bargained for. How could these
wolves be so callous? How did they not envisage this trickery since? These
things pained them very much as they walked home to their humble abodes.
The
elderly ones felt betrayed. Here was what they had hoped as a golden opportunity
to give the much needed education to their young ones gone begging. The young feminine
ones burst into tears as they saw their dream of getting an education evaporate
into thin air.
The
young males stood totally confused not knowing which way to go next. They
searched for this answer by looking from one face to another but no answer came
forth.
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