A CLEVER ACT

Mrs Angel Mary’s head was on fire that day. She suspected that a theft had occurred in school that too in her room. Five Thousand Rupees kept on her table was found to be missing between 11 and 11:15 that morning. As HM (Head Mistress) of that school it was her responsibility to make sure that school fees should be collected and paid in treasury at proper time. She was about to leave the office at 11 but then she went out of her room to make an urgent call.

                      The matter became infectious. Somebody informed police. After a thorough questioning of all teaching and nonteaching staff the inspector asked the teachers to check the pockets and bags of all the children who had games period during that time since they were the only ones possible to be out of the classrooms that time. The search wasn’t in vain. Money was found to be in Arjun’s bag tucked in between the pages of one of his note books, a third standard student who was having games period during the period of the supposed theft. Arjun denied the claim and said that he had no idea about how that money got into his bag and he didn’t went to play since he was affected by fever and he was studying in the garden for the class test that was supposed to be conducted in the afternoon class hours that day. Arjun pleaded the inspector and other teachers not to take him to station. But none of them pretended to see his tears. Mrs Angel Mary ordered all the students and teachers to go back to their class rooms and other non teaching staffs to continue their duties.

               BANG!!A loud noise was heard. Binoy, Arjun’s classmate hit his head upon the window opened towards the passage leading to their classroom. Even though Binoy groaned because of pain, he got an idea to prove his classmate’s innocence. Binoy rushed towards the police jeep and pleaded not to take Arjun to the Police Station since he knew that his classmate was innocent and he has got an idea to prove it.

‘Alright!! If you are so sure about it, then let’s see’, said the Inspector. Binoy asked whether he could see the currency taken from Arjun’s notebook. He keenly examined them.

‘Sir, will u please stand beside that desk in HM’s room and just push the window adjacent to the desk’ asked Binoy. Inspector noticed that the window was shut but not locked and he opened as per Binoy’s instructions. Binoy asked him whether he could see the garden a yard away from the HM’s room through the window. Inspector replied “Yes”.

Binoy then took inspector outside HM’s room and showed him the wet sand outside HM’s room adjacent to the walls. It was due to the wind that the windows were open and the currency notes were carried away. First they fell on the sand and then it was tucked between the pages of Arjun’s notebook’s who was sitting in the garden a yard away. Now Arjun’s innocence was proved and everybody understood that he wasn’t a thief.

Next morning HM apologized to Arjun in School Assembly and praised Binoy for his quick act of cleverness. Arjun and Binoy became great friends after that incident.
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