Question

the sun was blazing.Phatik was tired.His throat was parched.He drank the last gulp of water from his flask.He still had.....

Answer 1

The sun was blazing. Phatik was tired. His throat was parched. He drank the last gulp of water from his flask. He still had a long stretch of desert to cover before he could reach his village.

Earlier during the day, he had gone to his friend who lived in a distant village! While returning, a sandstorm blew very hard. He had lost his way and had wandered off in another direction. However, he soon realized he was off track. With much effort he had managed to find the right direction that led to his village. The sun in the desert can be very cruel; if you are without water, you may soon become unconscious. The flask Phatik had carried really saved him that day; but he could rely no longer on it as he had consumed all the water.

Thus trudging across the hot desert, he was still unable to find any sign of his village on the horizon. ‘I am going to faint soon if I don’t find any water’, thought he. As he was about to fall, he had a glimpse of greenery in the distant. He walked towards it. Soon he found, it was an oasis! He quenched his thirst with the cool refreshing water from the oasis and filled his flask too.

His village form that spot just was a few miles away. He began walking towards the village with high spirits. On the way he was overtaken by a man on camel. He was his uncle. His uncle made him sit behind on the camel and within a few minutes he reached his village. His parents were waiting for him anxiously and hugged him as soon as he climbed down the camel.   

 

 

Answer 2

The sun was blazing. Phatik was tired. His throat was parched. He drank the last gulp of water from his flask. He still had around five kilometers to reach his destination. He took a few steps forward and sat down dead tired on a bench nearby. Phatik did not know what to do. He felt like crying. As he looked around him, he suddenly saw a public water tap just a few steps away from him.

Excited, he rushed to the tap and tried opening it. Although the tap turned, no water gushed out. A passerby told him that the tap used to have water until about two weeks back. Water had suddenly stopped flowing through the tap. This made Phatik feel that the nozzle was blocked. He took a stick lying nearby and kept pushing it up and down vigorously. Suddenly, some mud dropped down with full force. Phatik continued doing this till there was no mud left to fall off. He then tried opening the tap and water started flowing with full force. He drank to his heart’s content, filled his flask, washed his face, and started walking towards his destination feeling quite rejuvenated.