Translation Exercise - 13

Raghu was a boy from a small village. He played with mud, ran barefoot through the fields, and spent evenings under the shade of a tree, gazing at the sky. His dream was to become someone big one day, but poverty stood like a wall in his path. His father was a poor farmer, and sometimes the family didn’t even have two meals a day. Raghu was good at studies, but his village school had very limited facilities. He had no proper books, no electricity, yet his determination was unshakable. He worked in the fields during the day and studied at night by the light of an oil lamp. People mocked him, saying, “Boys from villages can never do anything big,” but Raghu always smiled and replied, “I can.” One day, a government officer visited the village and asked questions to the children. Raghu answered them all correctly. The officer recognized his talent and helped him get a scholarship. Raghu got admission to a good school in the city. City life was new to him — big schools, smart students, the English language — everything was unfamiliar. In the beginning, he felt small and helpless. Many times he wanted to give up, but he remembered his parents’ struggles. He studied late into the night, learned English word by word using a dictionary, and slowly transformed himself. After years of hard work, Raghu completed his engineering and got a job in a big multinational company. When he returned to his village wearing a suit for the first time, people looked at him with pride. The same villagers who once laughed at him now told their children to become like Raghu. He never forgot his roots. After getting his job, he opened a small school in his village and came every week to teach the children. Raghu proved that no matter how hard the struggle, if your dream is true and your intent is strong, success will surely come.

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