THE BODY QUARREL

Asmit was a 13-year-old boy who lived in Delhi/India. He had been a huge fan of basketball since he was a child. When he was in middle school, he decided to join the Basketball team of his school. After a few years in 2021, he became the captain of his school team.

One day, just before the championship. Asmit became very sick. His basketball championship the very next day. He told his mom “Ma, I do not feel well. I have my championship game tomorrow. I am the captain; I have to be there.” His mom said, “Beta, wait for a few minutes and I will bring you a magic capsule. it will fix everything.” Asmit agreed, took the pill, and went to bed.

While he was sleeping, the pill traveled to different parts. When it finally reached its destination, THE GUT, it was horrified by what it saw. It saw all the parts of the digestive system fighting among each other. They were fighting about who was the best and who was more useful.

This pill had a habit of being curious. It used its magnifying glass to investigate everything. He did his job by calming everyone down. Before speaking he acted like a BOSS It took out its sunglasses and wore them. It asked all the different parts, “Whoa, guys what’s up, why are you fighting. You know this is harming Asmit”. They all stood in silence, trying to figure out who was this pill and where it come from. The mouth decided to break the ice and said, “Mr. Pill, I am sorry you had to see that. We were so into our fight; we didn’t even realize that it was harming Asmit. We were quarreling about who is the best.”

The pill said, “Ok, I know you do not know me. To introduce myself. I am Mr. Rehman Pill. Please call me Mr. Pill just tell me what your functions are. After telling we will decide who is the best, fine by everyone?”

Everyone agreed and decided among themselves who will tell their function first.

The mouth said “Mr. Pill, I will go first” and it started speaking

I am the mouth, I am also known as the buccal cavity. I have teeth and a tongue. The teeth help to chew food while the tongue helps in talking, mixing saliva with food, and helps in swallowing food.

The esophagus said

I am the oesophagus, I am also known as the food pipe. I take the swallowed food to the stomach, by the process of peristalsis. See I am the most important.

The stomach growled

“Guys, slow down, you see the swallowed food brought to me by the oesophagus is digested by me. I break down fats, proteins, and even carbs that Asmit likes to take a lot. I kill bacteria, see… what is more important than this”

The liver said,

“Hey, mister I give the juices to digest the complex components. You remember bile juice, right, your co-worker? Hm, hm what happened stomach, feeling nervous that you are not the best.”

Hearing this the Gall Bladder said,

I am the one who stores the juice you give gives, liver, give me some respect too, if you remove me, Asmit will not be able to eat anything heavy.

The small intestine jumped in and said,

“I finish the digestion, what else do you want, eh? I am 7.5 meters long. Have you seen anyone longer than me?”

The pancreas said,

“Seems to me like I am being ignored. I must be small but I give you pancreatic juice, to help with digestion.”

Hearing this the large intestine said,

“Bro, take a chill pill. I take the undigested food. Absorb the water and salts from it. what the hell everyone is talking about, I am the best.”

The rectum said,

“I cannot understand why everyone is wasting their time. I am the BEST. Bhuh, Lage Intestine, you are 1.5 meters long. You are so short when you are compared to the small intestine. Anyways… I store all your undigested food before I give it to the anus. I am the dustbin. That is why I always smell so bad, I cannot even tell you. But I do the hard part. See, I am the best, there is no denying it. Please Mr. Pill accept me as the winner of this challenge.”

The anus said,

“ Just as rectum said I throw all the waste out of Asmit’s body. I am the trashman of the body, I have to struggle so much when Arun and many people like him get constipated.”

After this, everyone asked Mr. Pill “Mr. Pill, have you taken out the results yet? We are waiting!!”

The pill said,

“Guys, I observed all your functions and I have decided that all of you are the WINNERS!!!”

When no one understood what the pill was talking about. He explained…

“Guys, you see, I heard you all and if any of you get damaged, it can cause serious issues. many other people die because of infections in many of you. People try so much not to but you guys are so sensitive. This fight never ends so if one of you has a problem. The other one won’t help. So you see… First, you need to fix this problem. Secondly, you are all equally important.”

After this, all of the parties agreed that they were all equally important and thanked Mr. Pill for helping them realize this.

The pill was glad that everyone was happy and living with each other peacefully and went on its way to stay in the brain FOREVER.

The next day when Asmit woke up for his match. He felt great, thanked his mother, and left for school.

He and his team had practiced for a long time. Today was the day they got the result of their hard work. During halftime, they were 5 to 4, and their team was 1 point behind. After that they played with all their heart and stopped worrying about their score, that thought made their team win by 5 points.

Asmit and his team seemed like the happiest group in the world at the time. Their coach was proud of them. He hugged them all. The boys also got to touch the trophy. Since he was the captain, everyone on the team voted for Asmit to have the game ball. It was the most special moment for everyone, especially the COACH.

Asmit ran to his mom and hugged her, as tightly as he could. He was thankful to her as she helped him overcome his disease with that magical pill. The magical pill smiled inside him and talked to Asmit’s brain to keep him happy and maintain the quarrel between any body parts after that day.