The Poor People's Lockdown English Story - Moral Stories & English Fairy Tales

 

Poor People's Lockdown English Story

this is the story of a poor labour man

billy

who had come to town with his whole

family to find work

and earn money his whole family spent

their days working hard and laborious he

was one of those people who had to work

daily to earn money

he could not manage to get food until he

went out on the streets to work

they were getting to eat by facing a lot

of struggle every day

after the hard laborious work of the day

he slept on the tenth house made at his

footpath

one day when he was going out for his

work he saw that the road was deserted

there were no vehicles on the road and

no man could be seen to the farthest

distance

after moving a little ahead billy

watches and suddenly he gets hit by a

stick he gets terrified and turns around

quickly and he sees

that a police man is beating him with

the stick sir

oh sir please wait why are you hitting

me sir

you're crazy fellow where are you

roaming get lost from here don't you

know we are under lockdown the whole

nation is in curfew if i see you again

you will be beaten badly

but sir what is this lockdown and why is

everything closed

oh you crazy man which world are you

living in there is a big pandemic named

corona

spreading everywhere if you go out of

your home you may get this disease and

die

run and get lost from here god knows

where do such crazy people come from

while saying so he again struck billy on

his back with a stick

poor and terrified billy ran and reached

home

then his family asked he told them that

some pandemic is spreading due to which

the nation is closed and we can't go to

the streets

then billy's son said but dad if we do

not go out and sell something

then how will we get food son but there

is no one in the streets to whom we

could sell

there are no people in the streets even

to give arms

if this continues we will die starving

poor billy begins to worry about what he

can do now

two days had passed and his family is

suffering badly with hunger

his kids started to cry in hunger billy

could not bear the grief of his family

but he was so helpless that he could not

do anything

he doesn't even have money to buy a

ration of two days

for home and when he went out he could

not even see a single man

who could give him any work unable to

see his grieving family

he dares to go out even after being

beaten by the police

billy comes to know that the government

is distributing russian for the poor

so billy goes there but there he finds

out that only those

who have a russian card are being given

russian

how can poor billy who doesn't even have

a home could afford to have a russian

card and

aadhar card disappointed billy returns

from there

then he comes to know that food is being

distributed to the poor

at some government school after arriving

there

somehow he saw a long queue of people

people are standing in the queue with

food boxes and bags in their hand

under extreme heat billy also stands

behind them

the queue is so long that it takes him

five to six hours to get his turn

it's 3pm in the afternoon he is standing

in the queue barefooted in extreme heat

in the hope of getting some food

and he can feed his starving children

when his

turn comes he gets to know that there

was a huge crowd and while his turn came

the food was over poor billy's heart

sank down

he sadly returns to his family while

walking over the road he again gets

caught by the policeman

and the policeman says oh you crazy man

can't you understand from the first

warning why are you roaming on the roads

sir sir you do one thing it's better

that you kill me sir

my family is starving from past two

three days my children are squirming out

of hunger

leave the food for eating we even do not

have water to drink sir

this pandemic will kill us or not i

don't know sir but this hunger will

definitely kill us

i can't see my family dying so it's

better that you kill me sir

billy starts crying loudly after saying

this

the police man feels pity for him and he

gives him his food

and some other items and sends him to

his family

friends poverty is a problem in our

country and this corona pandemic has

come to our country

and due to this lockdown the poor are

not even getting two meals

a day leave food they do not even have

a house to live friends lockdown is not

equal for everyone

if possible try to help all those people

who are under problem

as much as possible from your side

robert was a poor but talented worker he

used to live with his wife kelly and

daughter rachel

robert worked very hard to survive kelly

was a very intelligent woman

that was the reason they were very happy

even with very little money

julie's exams were starting in a few

days

daddy my exams are starting next month

okay dear do your best daddy

what would you gift me if i get first

rank in class

if you get first frank in the class then

i will take you to a hotel for your

birthday and buy you a dosa

okay yay now i will definitely get the

first rank

robert was really happy to see her

excited face at that moment kelly enters

why did you have to say something like

this she will get her hopes high

i have saved some money that would be

enough don't worry about it i will take

care of everything

robert started doing extra work and

started earning more

somehow he arranged to save 200 rupees

his daughter's exam result was next

month and her birthday was the next day

from it

on the day of the result rachel got

ready in the morning

and went to school she came back with a

big smile on her face

robert asked rachel why is my princess

so happy today

did you get the first rank in the class

yes daddy

how did you know a father always knows

everything

daddy now you have to take me to a hotel

for a treat

yes why not we will go tomorrow ok

now i have to go to work robert goes

back to work

and applies for relief for the next day

and takes his daughter to a hotel waiter

can you show me the menu card

yes sir here you go thank you robert was

shocked to see the price of dosa on the

menu card which was 150 rupees but he

wanted to fulfill his daughter's wishes

waiter can you come here please yes sir

what's your order

can you bring us one dosa with some

chutney and sambar

yes sir anything else that's enough

after the waiter leaves robert checks

the 200 rupees in his pocket and puts it

back

at that moment the man sitting next to

them sees this

after some time the waiter serves them

the dosa

daddy this is just one dosa you did not

order for yourself

actually your mother has prepared some

food for me i will eat that only you eat

your dosa okay daddy

the young man alan sitting next to them

was watching all of this

what a father he came to the hotel for

his daughter's happiness and he isn't

eating anything because he doesn't have

money

i got the first rank in exams and now

i'm eating dosa as well

yes my princess all your wishes should

come true and stay happy always

that's all we wish for now don't waste

time and finish your dosa

thank you daddy the dosa is really

delicious you should also eat some

you eat it i'm not feeling well i will

eat at home only

okay watching this allen got emotional

he went to the hotel's counter and told

the manager

take this money and get that man a dosa

if he asks just tell them that it is

free from the hotel

okay yes i'll do it but what happened

why are you paying their bill

allen tells everything to the manager

take your money back sir we will

celebrate her birthday nicely

everything will be from the hotel don't

worry about it

the manager orders another dosa for

their table watching this

robert gets shocked sir i haven't

ordered this

dosa please take this back

sir the dosa is from the hotel you enjoy

it

sir i don't want to eat this dosa here

i will take this home and will share

this with my wife

can you pack this please no sir this is

for you

we have packed more for you to take home

you eat here only

thank you sir robert and rachel

eat the dosa with great enjoyment and go

to the manager to pay for it

what are you doing everything is free

for you today from the hotel it's a

special treat

but why your daughter got the first rank

in school and today is her birthday too

that's why and take these sweets as well

give them to all the children nearby

celebrate your birthday nicely

thank you sir it's because of you that i

can celebrate my daughter's birthday

nicely

why are you thanking me now go home and

celebrate your daughter's birthday

yes sir now i will leave robert happily

came back with a joyful mood

see kelly what our daughter got today

huh where did you get all these things

robert tells everything to kelly you

know

our daughter is really lucky she gets

whatever she asks for it was her wish

to celebrate her birthday with her

friends now see

we have a cake and sweets too now i can

invite

all her friends and celebrate my darling

daughter's birthday

and just like that robert and kelly

gather all her friends and celebrate

their daughter's birthday nicely

the moral of the story is that there are

a lot of needy people in the world

and we should help them a small gesture

can bring great joy to them

there was a farmer named gary one day he

was working in his farm

suddenly he found a pot full of gold in

the field

which was filled with gold coins oh pot

of gold

i am so lucky katie will be so

happy when i'll show her but

just as he thinks about katie he feels a

little scared

no no if i tell katie she will spread

the news to the entire village

we found a part of gold in our farm we

found a pot of gold in our farm

oh my god no no this should not happen

but how will i hide this from katie

i cannot take this big part all alone

i will have to find a solution gary then

covered the pot with soil

and reached home thinking about that

matter

today you're home early i'm feeling

hungry

serve the food quickly katie served the

food

but gary was not focusing on eating uh

katie i'm not hungry i will go to the

market

that's very strange just now you said

you were hungry

are you okay uh yes yes i'm fine

i'll be back late you have your dinner

and go to sleep

gary then goes to the market he buys

some fish and some cans of red color

he goes to his farm with those things

i should get to work now gary now mixes

the red

color in water and waters the farm with

it

and then he spreads the fish all over

the farm

hmm no it's fine that night he reaches

his home very late

oh she's asleep

katie katie get up katie

i have to tell you something oh

come fast

huh what happened you came very late

today

there is something come with me to the

farm

right now it's late night let's go in

the morning

no kitty let's go right now it has

rained in our farm

how is this possible it did not rain

here

sky is also clear oh dear that is the

point

it has rained only in our farm and that

too

not an ordinary rain it was rain of fish

there are plenty of fish in our farm

which dropped from the sky

fish rain are you feeling okay

i'm absolutely fine kitty now come with

me

with the lantern in their hand they both

reached the farm

see katie this wasn't an ordinary rain

it was raining red from the sky i have

filled this water in a pot

when katie saw fish all over the farm

she was astonished

she could see red spots here and there

in the farm

oh yes there are so many fishes spread

here

how did this happen this looks like a

miracle

let's take the pot filled with water

home

but this is a secret and so don't tell

this to anyone

why will i tell anyone with katie's help

gary brings home the pot filled with

gold next morning

before katie wakes up gary hit the board

in the courtyard of his home

when katie woke up she came to gary

asking about the pot

listen where have you kept the pot

pot which part the one we brought from

our farm last night

some of the neighbors hear katie talking

they all come near and gather around

asking her about the pot pot

which part did you find a pot of gold

what is in the park did you find a

treasure oh

no no there is nothing of that kind she

must have dreamed last night

i haven't dreamt anything why do you lie

we brought a big bot last night from our

farm

yesterday night yes yesterday night

you know yesterday trained very heavily

in our farm

but yesterday it didn't rain here that

is the point

it rained only in our farm and that too

was not an ordinary rain

it rained red water from sky and you

know

plenty of fish also dropped from the sky

on our farm

the pot was filled with that red water

only and

everybody started laughing when katie

said this

the rain of fish is this really possible

he has really gone mad sister

you must have had some dream come

let's go we wasted our time fish rain

crazy women oh oh please stop

i'm telling the truth oh it really

rained fish in our farm

now you please say something i told you

you must have had some dream now let it

go kitty

please serve the breakfast i am getting

late for the farm

did i really dreamt last night

looking at his wife going inside with a

confused mind

gary smiles secret should remain

secret otherwise why would we call it so