THERE WAS A CERTAIN WIDOW WITH FOUR CHILDREN. AFTER HER HUSBAND'S DEATH, SHE RELOCATED TO A SINGLE ROOM APARTMENT. THE COMPOUND THAT SHE RELOCATED TO, WAS ALSO OWNED BY A WIDOW. THE LANDLADY HAD FOUR CHILDREN BUT ONE WAS LATE. THE REMAINED THREE WERE AS FOLLOWS: ONE A DOCTOR AND THE SECOND WAS A LAWYER WHILE THE LAST WAS AN ENGINEER. THE WIDOW WHO JUST PACKED DOWN TO THE COMPOUND, WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE LANDLADY'S CHOICE OF CAREER FOR HER CHILDREN AND SHE ALSO DECIDED TO FOLLOW SUIT. ONE NIGHT, SHE CALLED HER CHILDREN AND TOLD THEM THAT SHE WANTED THEM TO ALSO BE LIKE THEIR LANDLADY'S CHILDREN. AND SHE MADE THEM TO TAKE AN OATH THAT THEY WILL SURELY TAKE AFTER THE LANDLADY'S CHILDREN'S LIFE STYLE. AND THEY ALL TOOK THE OATH. SHE CALLED THE FIRST DAUGHTER AND SAID, "YOU WILL BE A DOCTOR, AND YOUR YOUNGER SISTER WILL BE AN ENGINEER WHILE YOUR THIRD SISTER WILL BE A LAWYER, AND YOUR LITTLE BROTHER WHO IS MY LAST BORN WILL BE AN ARMY." THE SON WHO IS THE LAST BORN, ON HEARING THAT HE WILL BE AN ARMY, SAID TO HIS MOTHER, "MUMMY, REMEMBER THAT YOU MADE US TO TAKE AN OATH THAT WE MUST ALL TAKE AFTER OUR LANDLADY'S CHILDREN'S LIFE STYLE, AND YOU KNOW THAT OUR LANDLADY HAD FOUR CHILDREN AND ONE DIED. THE LANDLADY DOESN'T HAVE AN ARMY AMONG HIS CHILDREN BECAUSE THE ONE WHO OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN AN ARMY, IS NO LONGER ALIVE. SO SINCE HE IS DEAD, THEN TO FULFILL THE OATH, I WILL DIE ALSO. NO MORE, NO LESS." AND THE MOTHER BROKE DOWN IN TEARS.
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