Rowdy was a dog. He did not belong to anyone. He lived in a school. When, the children and their lunch, they threw some to Rowdy. He was a good dog. He never bit the children. He never stole food.

But …

 Rowdy wanted to come to school too. He wanted tolerant. One day he came to the singing lesson.

 `Twinkle, twinkle little star, sang the children.

`Ooow woo ouzo!!’ sang Rowdy.

`Rowdy, you naughty dog, go away!’ said Mrs. Rao. Rowdy looked sad, but he went away.

 Another day, rowdy came to the science lesson. The children were learning about water. They put a saucer of water in the sun. `Now,’ said Mrs. Rao `in hour the sun will dry up all the water.’ In one minute, Rowdy drank up all the water.

`Rowdy, you naughty dog, go away!’ said Mrs. Rao. Rowdy looked sad, but he went away.

 Then, another day, rowdy came to the paining lesson. Some children were painting on the floor. Crash! The jar of water went over. `Mrs. Rao!’ shouted Paul. `Rowdy’s running over my picture!’

 `Rowdy, you naughty dog, go away!’ said Mrs. Rao. Rowdy was very sad. He went away. He sat under a tree and thought, `Nobody likes me. I went to come to school, I want to learn; but they do not want me’.

 Just then all the children came out to play. They ran and they laughed, but Rowdy sat under the tree. He felt sad. Then he heard a shout near the gate. There was a very big dog. It was biting a little girl. Rowdy ran like the wind. `Graaghrah’, He barked.

 The dog was big Rowdy bit it and chased it out of the school. `Oh Rowdy,’ said the children, `you are a good dog!’

 After, that Rowdy came to all the lessons. Sometimes he sang and sometimes he slept. Sometimes he learnt things with the children and sometimes he was naughty. But nobody minded.

 A strange challenge

Ram Babu was famous in the village of Mugithi for wit and wisdom. One day Ram Babu bought a large fish and was taking it home, when met the local Zamindar.

 The Ram Babu was curious to know the price of the fish. `Hi Babu, how much did you pay for it?’ asked the Zamindar. Ram Babu told him the price.

`Everyone you meet on the way is going to ask you the price. You’d better keep shouting the price as you walk along,’ said the Zamindar.

 `That is true,’ said Ram Babu.

 The Zamindar had heard of Ram Babu’s wit and intelligence. He wanted to test Ram Babu’s cleverness.

 He called Ram Babu and said, `I challenge you to take that fish all the way to your house without anyone asking you how much you paid for it.’

 Ram Babu accepted the challenge. Some time later people walking on the road were astonished to see a near-naked man covered with mud carrying a large fish on his head walking towards them. Some people exclaimed, `this man must be mad!’

 When the people looked at him closely, they recognized him `Ram Babu, you! What has happened to you?’ asked a villager.

 `Why is there mud all over you body?’ asked a boy. Ram Babu did not answer their queries. It was only when he reached home and had closed the door did he open his mouth and laugh.

 Ram Babu had succeeded in bringing the fish home without anybody asking its price.

 When the Zamindar heard how cleverly Ram Babu had diverted the people’s attention from the fish he was filled with admiration and rewarded him handsomely.