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Once, when Sharaf-ud-Din was still
a small boy, his mother fell very ill
and had to stay in bed. One night
she awoke with a burning thirst and
called out to her son to bring her a
bowl of water.
“
Yes Mummy, I will get it immediate-
ly
,” Sharaf-ud-Din obliged. The
young boy hurried along to do her
bidding, but there was no water left
in their big old eathenware jug. He
had to go down to the stream to fill
it. The night was dark and it was
cold outside but no chore was too
difficult for the little boy who loved
his mother more than anything in
the whole wide world.
When he returned to her bedside
with the water, he discovered that
she had fallen asleep again. Sharaf-
ud-Din was not sure what to do.
Should he awaken her or should he
leave the water by her bedside and
Vocabulary
admired
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vast
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immediately
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bidding
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earthenware
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chore
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discovered
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disturbing
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topple
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decided
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patiently
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paled
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devotion
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bless
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deserve
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learned
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CP
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