Summer Time for Two Siblings

Summer is one of the precious four seasons of India. Summer, Monsoon, Winter and Spring. Some people like it while others hate it. Like some people, a girl named Lisa also loves this season.

One hot summer day, Lisa woke up and found her AC switched off. She found herself wet all over and groaned. She wondered who could have done such a thing. It was neither of her parents, for they both had gone to her maternal uncle's house the day before. Lisa and her little brother, Bobby, were in the all alone. She guessed Bobby didn't do that because he was still fast asleep. It was very suspicious!

She got out of bed and went to her brother's room for waking him up. Then they both went to their garden. The sun shone brightly and it's rays were so strong, that Lisa ran back into the house. But her brother dragged her out again and they both went to the great mango tree in their garden. The previous night it had rained heavily and the mangoes were scattered all over the ground. The picked up the mangoes, washed them properly and then began to eat. While they were eating, Bobby asked his sister why she liked summer so much. Lisa answered back that mangoes, litches and all the heart melting fruits were available only during summer. She also said that summer was the only season in which they could play both indoor and outdoor games, bathe and swim to their heart's content and relax in the AC as much as they want. 

Bobby was surprised! He hated summer more than anything in the world. He only liked eating the tasty and juicy fruits, that was all. He hated bathing no matter summer or winter. Bobby liked playing games such as football and tennis but not during summer. In winter Lisa and Bobby went to their friends' house to play football and tennis. But every year, after playing in cold weather for five or six days, they both caught frightful colds had to go to bed for at least a week. But playing during summer was marvellous. Although they got hot and tired after running about in the sun for two or three hours, yet they could always get back home and bathe in the cool showers and drink energy drinks. And for relaxing in the AC, Bobby thought it was just a wastage of electricity. He could bear to only switch on the AC for half an hour, but not more than that!

Lisa looked at Bobby's surprised face and knew what he was thinking. She told him that there were many negative impacts to think horrid of summer, but there are as many good impacts also. It's just the way we look at it. If we look at summer with a bad eye we will see the worst of it. But if we look at them with a good eye, then, no matter how horrid things are, they will always seem good to us.

Bobby listened to all this in silence and knew what she meant. He looked down and didn't speak for about ten minutes. Then suddenly he said, "Sorry Lisa! It was I who switched off your AC and slowed down your fan today morning. I considered summer was a horrible season and thought it was time you also start thinking the worst of it! But it isn't you, it is I who have learnt my lesson!"

Don't always look at the bad impacts of things. Try to look at it's good sides. You will definitely see that the things you thought were horrible were actually because of your own fault. When you will see it's good impacts then, however bad it is, it will always seem good to you!