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Chapter 12 Patience: It's The Biggest Asset

Pic of Piu with her teachers on the right

Chapter 12

Patience: Its the biggest asset.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

–-----John Burroughs

“Are you sure Shruti the new wheels are needed and the coach is not minting money at the cost of your innocence?” Govind asked tired of daily expenditures on the skates.

They were happy with Piu’s performance.

Hell they were proud parents when Piu skated against girls under 14 at a school in Inter school skating championship.

The tiny kid with immense speed, thrill and the way she sashayed her hands on the rink leaving girls thrice her age behind was quite a scene to watch.

Even the principal of Ryan international School was forced to come out and see the little girl who was talked about in the whole school.

Govind and Shruti smiled inertly as they saw faculties and the staff peeping from the corridors and windows to see the little girl who is only five and still skated like a speed of swift.

Even the elder kids of the school patted on Piu’s helmet and pulled her cheeks they loved her so much.

Piu won all the three races qualifying for the higher level inter school tournament which was supposed to held in another state and it was a thing of prestige for the school to have such a student.

Piu would now be apple of the eye of all the teachers of her own school.

Principal of Piu’s school Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan had organized a special felicitation ceremony for Piu on the Independence Day honoring her with a trophy of school’s hologram.

Govind and Shruti very well had the knowledge that if Simi and Ria who were same age as Piu participated in the event, there would have been a rare chance for Piu to win.

So Shruti made it her sole motive to make Piu deserve the honor she was blessed with.

They did enjoy the attention Piu received, living for the moment and the confidence booster was a kick to the final gear of Piu’s hard work.

Shruti did not want to leave any coin unturned.

Shruti wanted Piu to be equally skilled in academics as she was gaining proficiency in her chose sport 'skating and therefore was taking care of Piu'sPiu's studies too herself.

In spite of missing school so much due to her skating tournaments and practice session, she scored remarkable in her academics.

One of the teachers also commented and complimented Shruti “Had all the parents been like you, teaching would have been a blessed profession.”

Here all Shruti could do was look for what she could do which was bring her on practice on time, feed her well and also buy her the best of the modern equipments of the sport.

Govind on the contrary thinks that she is going overboard with the thing.

“You shouldn't spend that much on skating. We did buy her rink wheels then why new?” He argued and added “it's investment time in business and I need liquid cash.”

“Oh don't worry about money” Shruti said cheerfully, her shoulders lifted all of a sudden as she proudly exhibited “I have saved ample from my classes. I will cover that.”