HOST:
On today’s program,we meet two clever boys,Marudhupandian of India and Dinesh from
Sri Lanka. In separate incidents,they each displayed remarkable selflessness and quick wit,without which a large number of people would not be alive and well today.
These are their stories. It was an ordinary morning for 13-year-old Marudhupandian, who lives in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state. He and his two-year-old baby sister were watching the Vaigai Express,en route from Madurai to Dindigul,pass by their home. As the last of the carriages passed,however, a loud noise caught their attention. A rail had gotten dislodged from the tracks. No train would be able to pass again without getting violently derailed.
(Interviews in Tamil) Marudhupandian (m):
After the train passed by,a rail of nearly 3 feet was lying away at a distance of 15 feet. With frenzy, I thought to inform to somebody. So I rushed to my father and informed him. He instructed me to inform the gatekeeper of Sillanayakan patti.
HOST:
Knowing that another train would be coming soon,Marudhupandian ran as fast as he could to the gate about half a kilometer away.
Mom (f):
At that time,my son came back after informing the gate keeper of Sillanayakkan patti,and shown me the wound and the bleeding from his soles due to the pricking stones. While I told him that those were done for the good deeds,again a passenger train from Dindigul to Madurai was coming. And I started to cry, worshipping my beloved deity Lord Ayyappa.
I cried. I cried,『Oh, the train is coming and how many people are going to be affected!』