Chapter 4 – The Fight

 


Upali’s father did not come to take him away for the Sinhala New Year holiday. Upali didn’t like to live Mr. Darmasinghas house. But he had a little liking because Mr Dharmasingha’s son and daughter were being his friends. He thought that if Mr Dharmasingha’s son and daughter had not been friends with him, he would have felt like he was in a deserted house. / he would have felt as if he were in a deserted house.  

He did more and more mischievous things with his friends, but when Upali  is going to go to play, Mr Dhamasingha didn’t allow his children to go with him.




On the first day of the Sinhala New Year festival, auspicious guest was one of the shop keepers. He came to the New Year table and talked with Mr Dharmasingha for a long time and he gave money covered with beetle leaves to Upali and Mr Dharmasingha’s children. Upali and the son of Mr Dharmasingha have got 11 cents as presents. But Mr Dharmasingha’s daughter has only 5 cents. Mr. Dharmasingha’s wife said to Upali and his children “don’t spend this money; you must keep this till the next New Year dawn”. 

Because of the Sinhala New Year vacation, Upali went to play again and again. Mr Dharmasingha left the school in Welikanda and joined a school in Pilimathalawwa. Upali thought he was changed to that school because of Upali’s mischievous behaviour. Then Upali’s father came and took him away from Mr Dharmasingha’s house and admitted to his old school. He met his old friends again. He began to do his usual mischievous things.

One day Upali and his friends went to the wood in which they used to play. They began to play “Gadol Maneema” with their coins. Piyasena won that game again and again. Upali had a doubt about that, and he asked that from Piyasena. But he didn’t say anything about that and Piyasena got angry with Upali. He slapped Upali, but Upali tolerated/endured that until the pain went away. He beat Piyasena in return and Piyasena was going to beat Upali again. But the other friends dragged him away, surrounded him and beat him.


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