PET OF THE VILLAGE-short story
Anthony felt very happy and proud when he got third rank in the national medical entrance examination. His house was a hut in the seashore. His father, Joseph was a fisher man. His mother, Mary sold fishes in the market. Anthony asked his father” Appa how can I go for the course? We may need a lot of money for tuition fees, books, hostel fees etc-How can we manage all these? “Can’t we take loan from the bank? Hope of light glittered in the eyes of the old man. “Yes father, we will try today itself.” thus both went to a bank nearby and met the manager. The manager looked at the neat less old man with the smell of fish. His look with hatred pierced through the chest of Joseph..Manager asked in a sharp tone:” What is your repaying capacity?We want guarantee.Do you have any property?” “Property??????? For a moment silence touched t his tongue .Then it moved slowly with a low voice “Yes three cents of plot given by the government...In it I made a hut too...All my neighbours so
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