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his  report card only at the last minute to his
                                                                father with some tears in his eyes and with a

                                                                promise that it won’t happen again. His father

                                                                with a red angry face and in a hurry signed the

                                                                report card. The tears of the boy faded when
                                                                he entered the school gate and he was happy

                                                                again. Days and Years passed and everything

                                                                the boy thought that would end all his miseries

                     Melvino Roshan J                           was a lie he was telling himself. Eventually he
                        2018 -22, ECE                           understood  that  these lies were essential  for

                                                                him because behind all these lies there lies a
        The Lies                                                better part which made him "Happy". You all



                                                                may think that this happiness what he gets is
        Under the blue sky lied a ground filled  with           temporary and eventually he will get another

        children  or I may say scattered all over the           problem soon but why can't we all think that

        empty  ground,  carrying different emotions.            all the problems  which  he  faced were  also

        They were running and playing like that was             temporary and all the lies  were nothing but
        their last day on earth.                                "Hope" which he created to face the problems.

        Among all this drama there was a boy kneeling           Problems  which  we face are temporary too.

        down on the ground hoping all this would end            The question is do we have the hope that all

        soon. He  was being punished  by his  PET sir           our miseries will end and we will be happy. I
        for not wearing proper uniform for school. All          thought writing this article will be a great task

        his thoughts were channeled in one direction            but all I hoped was at the end of the day this

        hoping the PET period would end soon and all            article would help someone to be happy. I don't

        his miseries will come to an end. Finally, the          say hope is a lie but it's good to lie to yourself
        period got over and he went home “Happily”.             to create hope.

        The next day he received his report card with

        poor grades. He didn’t worry about the grades.

        All his thoughts were again channeled in one
        direction on  How  to  get  sign in the  report

        card from his  father. He thought  getting his

        father’s sign would  end  all his miseries.  The

        next day he used the same trick which we all
        used once…yeah you got it right. He revealed



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