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chair, sat in another chair leaving his chair for the Inspcctor. The Inspector sat in that clair. The Inspector remarked, "The level of the school has gone down."
The Head Master said, “Yes sir, you are right. It is going down. If the government does not sanction funds the whole building may go dowi.”
The Inspector said, “Brother! I spoke of the level of teaching, not of the building. I went to a class and asked the students a simple question but no one could answer.”
The Head Master said, "Yes Sir, the question you put to the class has reached my cars also. You want to know who broke the Shiva Dhanush (the bow of Siva). Do you like the bow very much ? Was it your own ?” The Inspect, said, “It is not material whether I am connected with that bow or not. I only wanted to know who broke it? The boys, of course, arc boys and we cannot expect an answer from them but the teacher himself could not answer the qucstion." The Head Master said, "It does not matter. Boys are boys. While playing, one of them might have broken it. You need not be upset over this simple matter. I will pay you Rs. 5/- out of the school fund, you can get anotlier bow like that. After I find out the name of the student who broke the bow I will coliect the amount from his parents.”
The Inspector took out a five-rupee note and furg it into the face of the Head Master, bit his teeth in anger and went straight to the office of the District Educational Officer. The Educational Officer heard the entirc story with great concentration and said, “I will send a circular immediately to find out how many bows have been sent to various schools, how many of them are intact and how many have been broken. I will sec that new bows are sent to replace the broken ones. You need not worry about it. I will see that this is done within a month."
The Inspector's disappointment, despair and dismay knew no bounds. He went to the office of the Director
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