Story of "Late Balu"

Now we will meet a boy who was always late for everything. See what happens when you do not practise being punctual in your day to day life.

Once there lived an old lady on the banks of river Jamuna. Her son and daughter-in-law died at a very young age in an accident. They left behind their only child whose name was Balakrishanand. Since his name was too long his grandmother lovingly called him Balu. He was only two years old when he lost his parents.

The old lady decided to bring up her little grandson with a lot of love, and hence she pampered him a lot. She worked hard to give him a good future. She wanted to teach him all good values of life and sent him to school.

Balu was a lazy child. He never used to get up in time. His grandmother used to wake him up every day in the morning. But Balu would make some excuse and would not get up soon. The old lady wouldn't like to schold him, thinking that he would be hurt. By the time he finished brushing his teeth he would be late for his bath. Even there he spent a lot of time. Then he hardly had any time to have his breakfast. By then the school bus would have come to pick him. Many times he had to leave his breakfast unfinished and get into the school bus. Otherwise the big moustached driver would leave him behind. Several times it had happened that after waiting for few minutes for Balu the angry driver had left him behind and gone.

When the bus left leaving him behind how did Balu go to school? Let us find out tomorrow. Until then you can browse through these books like Tinky's Best Gift.