An eye opener

This is a true incident which my friend from hyderbad told me a few years ago.It was really thought provoking.I'll narrate the incident as the first person..

I had great expectations about the sea-side for it was the first time i was going there.I had heard a lot about it from my boastful friends who took pains to explain every single inctance which took place in the beach in great detail.They told me about surfers who literally slid over the waves,children making sand castles just like in the moviesand they even went to an extent of saying that they saw a great white shark !!which i unassumingly believed.They even told me about a few people sunbathing.as i had been in hyderbad all my years,seldom did i have the chance to visit beaches,

When i finally did reach the beach,after hours of painful travelling,i saw heaven.The seas were clear blue in colour and the sand was as soft as snow.Many men and children engaged themselves by playing volleyball or just lazing around under the sun.After nearly drowning myself in water,I returned to the beach to build my very own sand castle.even with an hour gone by,all my efforts amounted to nothing but a big mould of mud, dirty hands and scoldings from my mother.As darkness spread ,I retourned to the hotel,eagerly awaiting the events which were to unfold tomorrow.prepared I maybe with sun-screen,bathing trunks,shovels,buckets even a life jacket,nothing could prepare me for what happened the next day

After a fairly uneventful morning,I left my parents to buy corn cobs which are a delicacy in sea-shore cities.Remembering that I had not taken money to buy the corn i returned to the pace where my father was seated soaking in the sun.It wa only then that my father realised that he had lost his wallet.Though the money didnot matter the thought of being smuggled hurt me.suddenly everyone's face looked suspicious
to my eyes.Things went from bad to worse.I found that people littered too much,robbing the sand off it's beauty.I began to notice that the entire beach was full of the homeless,the destitute,the orphans and the beggars.I began to realise that I had seen only one side of the thing present infront of me.It was a great eye-opener or me.infact I felt quite happy with the money lost,as I thought that the money went to the deprived if not the deserving..

i no longer enjoyed the days at the beach as my holidays came to a crawling end.eventhough i had lot the money ,i left with the thought of having given hope to the deprived,even if only accindentally.this holiday was more than fun,it was enriching.
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