A Pact with The Sun

A Pact with The Sun

'A Pact with the Sun’ is an educative story written by Zakir Hussain originally in Urdu. It tells us that fresh air, and sunshine in the open are the key to sound health. Even the sick people need these two things. They must not be kept confined in dark room. They should get normal food.The story tells us Saeeda’s mother was denied healthy food, sunshine and fresh air. She remained sick. But her daughter made a pact with the sunrays to warm up the ailing old woman. And the results were wonderful.

Exercise

Questions

1: What did the physicians ask Saeeda’s mother to do to get well? Did their advice help her? If not, why?
Answer: Though weak and colourless, physicians forbid her normal food and was under strict orders to remain perpetually confined to her small, dingy room with doors and windows fastened, deprived of sunshine and fresh air.
2. What did the specialist prescribe in addition to medicine?
Answer: In addition to medicine, the specialist prescribed Saeeda’s mother to sit in the sun from eight to nine in the morning. He said that sunshine and fresh air are more important than medicine.
3. What did Saeeda tell the sunrays to do?
Answer: Saeeda requested the sunrays to appear the next morning with lots of warmth and brightness so that her mother could sit in the sun.
4. Why were the sunrays keen to go down to the earth the next day?
Answer: The sunrays were keen to go down to the earth the next day because they had promised Saeeda to help her mother get better. To keep their promise, they forced their way through the dark clouds.

Extra questions

1. What is your own formula for keeping good health?
Answer: My own formula for keeping good health include:

• Frequently washing hands with soap before and after each meal and after toilet.
• Always eating healthy and fresh food only.
• Thoroughly taking baths.
• Going to bed early and 

2. Who would you recommend to a patient in your neighbourhood - the physicians contacted first or the specialist contacted next? Give reason for your choice.
Answer: The choice to recommend ,the physician or specialist to a patient may vary according to the disease and magnitude. For general sickness usually physicians are better choice but for complicated disease of particular organ the specialist of that very field would be better. 
Therefore the recommendation can be made only after personally examining the patient.
3. When would you make a pact with the sun? When you are going on picnic, or when you are playing a cricket match? Think other occasions.
Answer: I would like to make the pact with the sun on the following occasions:

• When going in picnic.
• While playing cricket match.
• While attending wedding ceremony.
• While on trekking.
• While enjoying warmth of sun.