A father who was blind always attended the cricket matches of the school in which his son played.The boy was a first rate batsman and was the captain of the school and although the father never saw his son play,he seemed to gain pleasure at being present.Suddenly the father died and the day after his funeral an important cricket match took place at school.
Owing to the father's recent bereavement,it was thought that the son would not choose to play.But he did, to the astonishment of all and he was seen to bat with the greatest eagerness and with an unwonted seriousness of purpose. Being asked by one of his copanions,when the match was over,why he played with such care and why he played at all,he answered, " You see this is the first time that my father would see me play and I wanted to do my best, because I was concious that his eyes were on me."
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