Brave Hearts

Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Eye Care Foundation

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Triumph Over Mind word, poured it in the fire place and lighted it with a match stick. No sooner did Clyde light it, there was a loud explosion which shook the entire school building. The window-panes and the shutters of the school building were blown to pieces. The younger one, who was caught in the smoke and was suffocating, started shouting for the elder one. But there was no response from him. The fire was raging.
Glen's eyes were badly affected; his pants and his gloves caught fire. He was screaming. By that time, other children had arrived and some of them pulled the two brothers from the fire. Clyde received severe burns all over his body that proved fatal. Glen too had suffered serious injuries. The fingers of his left leg were completely maimed. All this had happened because the tin that was brought by Glen to the fireplace contained petrol and not kerosene.
The doctor was immediately summoned. The parents of the two lads also arrived. All of them shifted the two lads to their home. While the body of Clyde was laid in the compound, Glen was being treated inside for severe burns. After some time the doctor confided to the grieving parents that the burns Glen had received on his legs were so severe that it would be futile to hope that he would be able to walk again. Hearing this, the mother of the two boys was completely shattered. The doctor, however, consoled them and exhorted them to have faith in God who alone would be able to help Glen in his future life.
For months, Glen was given medical treatment including physiotherapy. The parents used to massage his legs daily. After months of treatment, Glen's legs started developing new skin. His otherwise dead and stiff muscles also started
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