Unexpected

Unexpected

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I used to show stories and poems which I'd written to my friends and teachers. Once I decided to consolidate my short stories and publish it. For the purpose I went to DC books publishing house after taking an appointment with chief editor Ravindran. My uncle and I arrived in his cabin and submitted my work.

After looking through it, he was shocked and said, "some of the stories written in this are included in a book we are yet to publish this week."

I: "How come it is possible! Who is the author of that book?"

Chief editor: "Eldo"

I: "He is my classmate and he must have plagiarized because I used to show my stories and poem to my friends."

Hearing this, Chief editor was really confused and he called Eldo to his office. When Eldo arrived Chief editor asked whether he plagiarized from me. By hearing this Eldo said, "sir this guy is telling lies. First of all, sir, you must know I got 1st prize for story competition at state level and this is my third story book. This fellow didn't ever get a single prize for writing competition.

It convinced the chief editor and I was disappointed. Suddenly something I remembered and said, "sir, some of the short stories which is submitted to you is already published in weekly journal in my name. Here are proofs of it."

After seeing the weekly journal, the chief editor's doubt cleared and he scolded Eldo for this act. Finally he agreed to publish my story and suggested to include this instance as a story in the book.


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