My Little Princess

This is a story about a little princess which makes me difficult to forget her. She is always in front of my eyes and will ever be in my heart. I was posted in Kendriya Vidyalaya Range Hills, Khadki, Pune in the year 2013. I was a class teacher of class Vth standard and I used to teach Hindi subject. I was also given another subject in class IIIrd to teach Hindi as well as EVS.

Let me introduce my princess named Rachana who was obese. She was not a normal student as others used to be. She was not at all at her place. She was very naughty and she used to be out of the class every now and then. She used to beat other boys and girls and sometimes very furious at them and also shout at the teachers. Since I had handled many such students so I also thought I will manage myself.  I used to wonder why she is behaving in such a rude way. Sometime she found to be roaming in secondary section and other girls used to bring her back to the class. She used to leave her place and used to run away from the class. She wrote nothing in the class work. But whenever I asked her orally she used to give an answer brilliantly. Sometimes she used to behave like normal students also. I also found out that she used to have lunch at any time. She used to sleep sometime in the class also. She was very fond of toffees and chocolates. Once one of the teachers came to me complaining that Rachana has beaten that teacher with a scale. So I called her parents and her father came to meet me. I was shocked when I heard about the Rachana’s behaviors. He told me that she is suffering from Diabetic ranging up to 350 to 410 of sugar. Doctor has advised the parents not to give so many burdens. She can be cured only with Ayurvedic treatment. Her father is treating and spending money like a water. Complaints often came and her father used to get scolding. Many of them told her to admit her to a special school, but her father insists to carry on in the same school. Now he started taking personal care and precaution like completion of notebooks, taking her to hospitals, giving her medicine. In the year 2014 she was promoted in class IV. I was the class teacher and I also started taking her personal care. In short, I adopted her and treated theirs like my own child. For the first few months, she gives me troubles but after then she started very close to me. She used to wish me, she used to write but her work was incomplete and I used to give her notebooks of the smart child to complete it. Whenever she started troubling other teachers, they used to call me and I used to make her understand her mistake. Slowly slowly I started giving her opportunity in morning assembly and Annual Day celebration. She used to sit with me for lunch and we used to talk with each other. Her classmates also used to talk with her very nicely. Once in a blue moon she used to behave abnormally they used to remain silent. We praise her for small-small things. Her confidence level started coming up. In this way, she went from the secondary section. Daily she used to come to me with a smiling face. She started asking me how I was. She used to complaint me about the teachers and other students but I used to boost her to remain as a good girl. In the year 2019, she was in class VIIIth. I used to inquire from other students and teachers about her behavior and study. She was normal in behavior but she was improving. But whenever she went home she used to call me and used to ask about my health, whether I have my food. One thing I forgot to tell that when she went in Secondary she used to touch my feet though she was obese. Many times I told her don’t bend but she used to bend and touch my feet.

And the black day came in her life. Before two months she became so furious that she started shouting and hitting a girl with a duster. She even shouted at the teachers and also at Principal. Her father was called and was advised to keep her at home till the Annual Examination. It was not secure for other students so she was told to remain at home. The principal also told her to let her stay at home and appear directly in National open Schooling. Now my little princess is at her home but call me. I felt very bad about her and used to ask God Almighty why so much pain and trouble given to such an innocent small little girl.