What did they teach this world?

**anjali2005** · 28th April 2005, 12:37 PM

A Very Good One!!!

It was a sports stadium.

Eight Children were standing on the track to participate in the running
event.

* Ready!

* Steady!

* Bang!!!

With the sound of Toy pistol, all eight girls started running.

Hardly have they covered ten to fifteen steps, one of the smaller girls
slipped and fell down, due to bruises and pain she started crying.

When other seven girls heard this sound, stopped running, stood for a while
and turned back, they all ran back to the place where the girl fell down.

One among them bent, picked and kissed the girl gently and enquired 'Now
pain must have reduced'.

All seven girls lifted the fallen girl, pacified her, two of them held the
girl firmly and they all seven joined hands together and walked together and
reached the winning post.

Officials were shocked.

Clapping of thousands of spectators filled the stadium.

Many eyes were filled with tears and perhaps it had reached the GOD even!

YES. This happened in Hyderabad, recently !

The sport was conducted by National Institute of Mental Health. All these
special girls had come to participate in this event and they are spastic
children.

Yes, they were mentally retarded.

What did they teach this world?

Teamwork?

Humanity?

Equality among all?

. . . . . . . . ????

Successful people help others who are slow in learning so that they are not
felt far behind.

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**Badri** · 28th April 2005, 12:43 PM

Wow Anjali! What a moving story!

We who claim to be superior and intelligent are so wrapped up in our selfish lives, that we don't care for others. Indeed, we even believe hurting or destroying our competition is the way to success.

These children have taught such a valuable lesson to us all.

**pavalamani pragasam** · 28th April 2005, 01:17 PM

Thanks, Anjali, for sharing this heartwarming news. There are so many lovely facts in life lying hidden from the common people's careless eyes!

**soundarya** · 28th April 2005, 02:40 PM

Dear friendi,

Thanks for sharing this news.
humanity is still alive.

**Deep_Secrets** · 28th April 2005, 11:41 PM

Yup humanity is alive and WE are included..aren't we showing emotion, getting all 'touchy'? :P :P :P

That was a fine story Anjali...

NM · 29th April 2005, 06:42 AM

Anjali, thanks for the beautiful story!!

If you go to the Anecdote thread in Misc, you'll find some there.. Pls post more, if you hv --either here or in the anecdote...

**LastMoor** · 2nd May 2005, 08:39 AM

It can only happen in that setting of mentally handicapped people. Normal peopl dont behave like that. I would have tried to win the race at every cost.

**Shakthiprabha.** · 11th November 2005, 11:22 AM

Nice one. Reviving for others to read.

Mentally retarded they may be, but sure got their priorities right.

They are mentally retarded FOR NAME SAKE. Normal human beings are mentally ill, just unaware of it.

**malsi** · 16th November 2005, 04:55 PM

very touching ...

**Anoushka** · 2nd December 2005, 10:35 PM

Shakti: Mentally retarded children are known as Special Children

They are special... When I volunteered for Special Olympics in 2003, in one of the training sessions we were told, that Special people are people with disabilities, to think of it we all have disablities, only those disabilities are not seen outside!