00:00Friends, in the far corner of a village stood a dilapidated hut, mud walls, a thatched roof and a door that creaked in the wind every time.
00:11In this hut lived Ryu, a thin 16-year-old boy with emptiness in his eyes.
00:19To the villagers, he was just an orphan. He had no mother, no father and no relatives.
00:26Ryu's parents died when he was very young. No one adopted him. No one sent him to school.
00:35The village panchayat said that it would be better to let him stay in his hut and earn his own living.
00:42Every day was a new challenge for Ryu's life.
00:46He would wake up with the sun in the morning, wear the same old torn kurta and go out in search of work.
00:53There was no sign of school, play or rest in his daily routine when children, his age, played in the fields, ran in the dust, laughed and joked.
01:06Ryu would be looking for work in the fields or collecting fuel for the stove.
01:13Many times the children made fun of him.
01:15Hey, Ryu, you are going to the field again.
01:19Hey, brother, let's play.
01:21You have become a laborer.
01:23Ryu listened to everything silently.
01:26He did not answer.
01:28He would just lower his eyes.
01:30He did not have time to laugh.
01:33Hunger had made him grow up prematurely.
01:37Ryu did not leave any task that he could not do.
01:40Plowing the fields, weeding, feeding the animals, filling water from the well and carrying it to the fields, he learned everything.
01:51Once a merchant asked him to unload sacks from the cart, Ryu sweated.
01:57When it came to payment, the merchant said that he would not give money to a small child.
02:04Go and eat something.
02:06Ryu returned home silently.
02:08His stomach was not full, but his heart was full of sorrow.
02:14He thought that I was not afraid of hard work, but people made fun of my helplessness.
02:20There was only an old mat in the hut.
02:22The roof would leak in the rain.
02:25Ryu spent many nights hungry.
02:27His stomach would ache.
02:29His eyes would close due to exhaustion before he could sleep.
02:33The darkness of the night was not comfort for him, but fear.
02:38There was no electricity, only moonlight.
02:42Many times when he could not find work, he would sit near the village temple.
02:48Sometimes an old man would take pity on him and give him two loaves of bread.
02:53And sometimes he would not get anything for the whole day.
02:57But despite all this, Ryu did not beg.
03:01There was a stubbornness inside him.
03:04I will work hard, but I will not beg.
03:07Ryu said to himself many times, everyone says that addiction is bad.
03:12I say, get used to hard work, this hunger, these taunts.
03:18These taunts are teaching me that if I do some work every day, one day people will recognize.
03:25Me with respect, he gave up his addiction to sports.
03:30Watching things like TV was like a dream for him.
03:34There were no toys in childhood and now in dreams only bread.
03:39Hard work and shelter were seen.
03:41Many boys went to school with Ryu in the evening.
03:45They would wear new clothes and go out to play.
03:49Whenever they saw Ryu, they would laugh.
03:51Ryu, have you also got a job?
03:55Are you a child or a laborer?
03:58A boy like you needs a shovel, not a school.
04:03These words hurt Ryu, but every time he took a deep breath,
04:07he would look at his lion's hands full of hard work and tell himself that these people are making fun of me.
04:15Today they will respect me tomorrow.
04:18One day the evening of the village was slowly falling.
04:23Dark clouds had surrounded it and lightning was flashing somewhere in the distance.
04:27People in the distance started returning to their homes.
04:31They started closing the doors and stoves started burning.
04:36But Ryu was still sitting outside his hut, looking at the sky.
04:40That day he did not get any work.
04:44He made three drips.
04:45Houses he went to, two fields.
04:47He did not get anything anywhere.
04:50His stomach was empty and he did not have a single coin in his pocket.
04:55Maybe today he would have to sleep hungry too.
04:58He said softly and got up and went inside the hut.
05:02Just a few moments had passed when a strong wind and rain started coming from outside.
05:07It had started raining heavily.
05:10It seemed as if the clouds had poured all their sorrows on the ground today.
05:15Ryu was not afraid of rain.
05:17But that night something was different.
05:20In the middle of the village there was an old warehouse that belonged to Seth Harprassid.
05:25He had the biggest grain business in the village.
05:28That night a small truck came to his warehouse.
05:32That came from a distant city.
05:34Fresh grain was brought in sacks.
05:37But the disaster was that the truck was late and it had started raining.
05:42Seth got worried and kept calling here and there.
05:45But no worker came because of the rain.
05:48If these sacks are not taken off the truck, all the grain will get wet and rot.
05:53He stood outside and shouted.
05:56But the village had been deserted.
05:58Everyone was hiding in their houses.
06:01At the same time, a man with an umbrella appeared from a distance.
06:06Ryu just smiled and said,
06:07Seth Ji, give me what I earn from my hard work.
06:11I will not take more.
06:13Seth had a smile on his face but respect in his eyes.
06:17Ryu, there is something special about you.
06:20Your fear, your hunger, your pain.
06:23But your hard work is more than that.
06:26From today, you will not be just a laborer.
06:30Ryu looked at him in surprise.
06:32I am giving you a job in the warehouse.
06:34Come every morning, work and collect your salary at the end of the month.
06:39You won't have to look for work every day.
06:42Ryu's eyes filled with tears.
06:44He didn't cry but his heart was so full for the first time that he could.
06:49And speak a word?
06:50He just folded his hands and said,
06:54Thank you, Seth Ji.
06:55You have changed my world.
06:57The next morning, Ryu reached the warehouse on time.
07:00Now his job was not just to lift the sacks.
07:04Seth gave him the responsibility of managing the entire warehouse,
07:08putting the workers to work,
07:10supervising the goods, counting them.
07:13Ryu learned everything and did everything wholeheartedly.
07:16After which, his salary increased.
07:19He would unload the grain from the truck
07:22and then load the grain into the warehouse,
07:24calculate the accounts with the workers and go out.
07:28So he called Ryu himself after saving his four-month salary.
07:32When a boy came to him, he hesitantly said,
07:35Brother, I also want to learn something.
07:38His condition is bad.
07:39Ryu said,
07:40If you run away from the world's taunts,
07:44then your bread will also run away.
07:46So your bread, honor, and dreams will all be over.
07:51Slowly, the boy who was coming and going started to come and go.
07:56He taught them and taught them the true lesson of life.
07:59I will not be afraid of hard work,
08:01because today, instead of fear,
08:03self-confidence was born in his heart,
08:06and this story teaches us to develop the habit of hard work.
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