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Think Before YOU Speak! | Short Stories

It was a sunny day, but the climate was enjoyable. Everyone in the railway station was waiting for the train to arrive. Among the crowd, there was a group of friends, youngsters who were on board for vacation.

It was a busy station with a juice shop, mobile restaurants, coffee, and tea stalls, newspaper shops, restaurants, etc. The announcement regarding the arrival of the train was made and everyone prepared to get into the train to their appropriate places.

The group of friends made loud noise to welcome the train as it entered the station. They ran to get their reserved seats before anyone could get on the train.

The empty seats were filled and the train whistled to move. An old man with a young boy aged around 15 years came running to catch the train. They entered the train and the train started to move. They had their seats just adjacent to the friends’ group.

The young boy was so surprised to see everything.

He acclaimed at his father, ‘Dad, the train is moving and the things are moving backward.’

His father smiled and nodded his head.

As the train started moving fast, the young boy again screamed, ‘Dad the trees are green in color and run backward very fast.’ His father said, ‘Yes dear’ and smiled.

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Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great enthusiasm and happiness loaded with tons of surprises.

A fruit seller passed selling apples and oranges. The young boy asked his dad, ‘I want to eat apples.’ His father bought him apples. He said, ‘Oh apple looks so sweet than it tastes’ I love this colour.’

The group was watching all the activities of this boy and asked the boy’s father ‘Is your son having any problem? Why is he behaving very differently?’

A friend from the group made fun of him and shouted, ‘His son is mad I think.’

The father of the young boy, with patience, replied to the friend group.

‘My son was born blind. Only a few days before he was operated on and got the vision. He is seeing various things in his life for the first time.’

The young friend became very quiet and apologized to his father and son.

Think Before You Speak.

Disclaimer: This story is not intended to offend anyone in any case. This story was added for the training purpose of EduRead Members. Also, this story has been taken from the app’s 1000+ stories.

10 thoughts on “Think Before YOU Speak! | Short Stories”

  1. Its a short story giving an important message. We should always think before speaking anything.

    As initially the story explains that though the day was sunny but it was very good day in the sense of weather.

    There were several people on the railway station, among the crowd was a friends group which was onboard for the vacation. The excitement can be seen among them as they shouted and welcome the Train and in full enthusiasm onboard it.

    There comes a man with his 15 year old son who has recently been operated he was blind by birth but now can see.

    And then his excitement and surprising behavior is explained in well manner, that how he looks at apple, the trees running back, trees colour and everything.

    Then a boy from the friends group wrongly commented on his this behavior but then when he gets to know the reality he is ashamed and apologizes.

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  2. In this it is explained that we should think twice before we speak
    It is explained as it was a sunny day and the climate was enjoyable there was a group of friends ,a youngh boy and his father and many people travelling together in the train .
    The young boy was so surprised to see everything Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great enthusiasm and happiness so the group of friends their asked his father about it and was making fun of the young boy
    So his father replied them that he has recently been operated and he was blind by birth but now can see.
    So group of friends who was got knew the reality were ashamed and apologize to the father

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    • This story lays emphasis on the fact that you should think before you speak.
      As clearly in the story it is shown that the kid was very excited as soon as the train started moving and as it moved faster things starting moving backwards more fastly. Then the apple seller came and he laid emphasis on the fact that it looks more tasty than it actually tastes which in abstract is he explaining things on their appearance and colour.
      Later on as 1 youngster from the group of friends who were making noise when the train came and we’re running before everyone just to occupy their seats early asked the old man if his son was mad got to know that this 15 year old boy was born blind and he just got operated a few days ago. Knowing this the youngster apologized to both father and son .

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      • It’s a story which gives the message that whatever u are telling, should think before speaking because u may not know, that thing can hurt anyone in very bad way. As the day was sunny, but it was enjoyable.
        The plot had tak place in the station where a group of friends was travelling. In the same train father and a son was also travelling. So when the kid was enjoying ghe views, one of the boy from the group told the boy was mad but his father patiently replied him that his son was operated and now he can see. So after knowing that he was ashamed and apologizes for his behaviour. Moral is one should never tell anything in humorous way that it can hurt others.

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  3. This story is a very message giving one.
    We should always speak before we think. Initially as it was a sunny day and the whether seems to be sunny and enjoyable and as the young boy was operated recently and he was seeing the world for the first time he feels enthusiastic and excited. As the group of friends were feeling the boy was very excited without knowing about the boys condition they talked uselessly and after the boy father explained everything to the group of friends they realised their mistake and apologised them for talking like that without knowing the truth. So we should always think before we speak because if we speak without what is what then the other person may feel bad for us.

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  4. The main idea outlined here talks about the importance of ‘thinking ‘ before speaking as the title itself illustrates.
    Although its a sunny day but its enjoyable ;this story talks of a busy station a old man with his son who was born blind and a group of friends ,very enjoyable ,energetic and excited for their vacation , waiting for their train to board.
    As we see the child was so much excited seeing the trees outside passing by and also when he sees apples for the first time”oh apples look so sweet than it tastes…” But group of youngster find it different and make fun of that child calling him ‘mad ‘ but as child’s father clears by telling them the operation of his child and its the first day ,he is able to see this world ,than youngster are ashamed and apologizes for their comments…
    Why this article was so important because its very title defines and we saw it aslo here that how much important is to think before we comment or make fun statement about someone or something ; so “Think before you speak”

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    • This story is a perfect example to teach all of us to think before we speak.

      The story starts with a sunny and amusing day, when all the people get into their train. Among them was an
      old man and his 15 year old.
      As the train starts the child get so excited and starts screaming out of his enthusiasm.
      A group of friends who were seating adjacent to them started making fun of him considering him mad. That’s when they come to know about the child that how he was blind by birth and just got his eyes operated.

      All of them eventually apologized to the old man realizing their mistake.

      But why to commit such a silly mistake when we can actually mind our words before throwing upon someone?

      Think before you Speak !

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      • The story above tells us that we should think before we speak and also don’t make fun of anyone. Making fun of others will end you up embarrassed. The story above tells that how a boy who got his vision few days ago sees the things and praise them. He was misunderstood by group of excited friends. They made their own perception about him thinking That he is an idiot eventough he isn’t. After realising the truth they all get embarrassed and apologise to his father.

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  5. It was the sunny day and the scene at the railway station. Among the crowd, there was a group of young boys. After sometime, an announcement of the arrival of train was heard. Everyone started preparing. When the train came, all passengers took their respective seats and then the train started to move. Meanwhile, a 15 year old boy exclaimed with joy at his father,” Papa, look at the things that are moving backwards.” “I want to eat that red apple.” His father smiled and bought apple for him. That young boys made fun of him and shouted, ” Your son is mad.” Then his father replied, ” My son was born blind. Only 10 days before he got opportunity to see various things after his operation.”
    After that boys felt embarrassed for their mistake and apologized.

    The moral of the story is to think before speak that means before commenting or before speaking anything to anyone we must think so that it won’t hurt anyone’s feelings.

    Thankyou,
    Jigyasha Jain

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  6. This story lays emphasis on the fact that you should think before you speak.
    As clearly in the story it is shown that the kid was very excited as soon as the train started moving and as it moved faster things starting moving backwards more fastly. Then the apple seller came and he laid emphasis on the fact that it looks more tasty than it actually tastes which in abstract is he explaining things on their appearance and colour.
    Later on as 1 youngster from the group of friends who were making noise when the train came and we’re running before everyone just to occupy their seats early asked the old man if his son was mad got to know that this 15 year old boy was born blind and he just got operated a few days ago. Knowing this the youngster apologized to both father and son .

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