Gandhiji's Honesty

Mohan was shy and introvert during his childhood. When the school got over, he straight went home without stopping anywhere in between. He thought that other boys might make fun of him if he stopped anywhere in between! 

One day, the Inspector of Schools named Mr. Giles came to visit Mohan's school. He read out five English words to the class and asked the boys to write them down. It was a spelling test.  

Mohan wrote four words correctly, but he could not spell the fifth word 'Kettle'. Seeing Mohan's hesitation, the teacher made a sign behind the Inspector's back that he should copy the word from his neighbour's slate.  

But Mohan nevertheless ignored his signs and did not copy. The other students wrote all the five words correctly!

After the Inspector left, the teacher scolded him saying that he had said to him to copy and correct it, then why did he not rectify it.

As he went home that evening, Mohan was not unhappy. He knew that he had done the right thing. What made him sad was that his teacher had asked him to cheat!

This shows that Gandhiji was honest even from his childhood!