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pathetic voice. Some have children. They cut and cripple their limbs. These crippled

children beg for them. “The Pick Wick Papers” of Charles Dickens, gives many examples
of this nature. Again there are beggars who go from door to door and from street to
street. In the trains of India, beggar boys sing pitiable songs and earn their living. Some
play tricks, become blind to get more in begging and thus befool the gullible public
especially the women folk.

4. Visit to a Historical Place

A visit to a historical place is very refreshing. You are face to face with the history. The
kings and queens come alive before your eyes. Their buildings, forts and palaces show
the wonders of their architecture. They were all prince builders. They were engineer
kings. Take the example of the Mughals and their historical city Agra. The whole of Agra
has great buildings. The Agra Fort, the world famous Taj Mahal adorn this city. The tomb
of Akbar the Great stands amidst groves at Sikandara on Delhi-Agra Road. The Dayal

Bagh is a beautiful masterpiece of marbles. The tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula is another
attraction. A visit to all these monuments is worth-remembering.

5. Knowledge is Power

Man is gifted with a brain by God. As he has brain, he can create knowledge. Civilization
was created through knowledge only. By his knowledge, man started growing crops,
making houses, making arms to fight animals and enemies. By his knowledge, he
invented many things in the field of science and technology. It enabled him to invent

different modes of travelling. In the field of medicines, he invented so many medicines to
control fatal diseases, which were considered incurable in olden days when epidemics
had spread and claimed so many lives. However, by his knowledge, man has changed all
this. Development in the field of communication, entertainment that was never thought
of in the past are a result of the knowledge of man. But negative aspects of this

knowledge are also there. Man has started inventing different types of war materials. But
one should be optimistic that man by his knowledge would overcome these defects also.

6. How to Use Pocket Money

One should use the pocket money very carefully. One need not squander it. Whatever
the pocket money one receives, whether it is meagre or plentiful but manner in which it
is spent, must not give the idea of our being squanderers. Those who waste money on

useless stuff are silly. Let us develop the habit of saving for a bad day. When the bad time
may come, no one knows. Let us help the poor and the needy. If we inculcate these
good habits in our childhood, they are bound to influence us in our youth. We will get

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