[Music] let's see what happens in the thieves story by Ruskin Bond Hari Singh was a thief he was merely 15 years old but was quite good for his age in fact hurry Singh wasn't even his real name he used a different name every month to avoid getting caught the first time Hari met Anil was at a wrestling match Anil looked like the perfect mark simple kind and easygoing hurry approached Anil and complimented him on his looks he told Anil he wanted to work for him Anil replied that he couldn't pay him so hurry said that he would work for food and even lied that he could cook so Anil agreed and took him in that night Hari made dinner it was so bad that onion gave it to some stray dogs and told hurry to leave however hurry just stood and kept smiling at Anil Anil relented he let hurry stay and taught him how to cook he also taught Hari how to write his name and promised that one day Hari would learn how to write whole sentences and add numbers hury was glad with some education he could be better at what he did how he found it easy to work for uh nil every day he would make tea in the morning then he would go to the market to buy supplies he always made a rupees profit every time hurry also learned quite a bit about Anil Anil was a writer and did not make steady income when he did he would go out and celebrate when he didn't he would borrow and worry about his next paycheck one day Anil came home flush with several banknotes he had just sold a book to a publisher he safely hid the money under his mattress it had been some time since her II stole from someone he made up his mind to steal the money that night he crept up to Anil's bed and carefully extracted the money then he ran he ran until he came to a bazaar by the station there he slowed down and counted the money there were 600 rupees in the bundle hari thought he would live like a king for the next week or two thinking this he came to the station the Lucknow Express was just leaving the platform if he ran he could easily jump into one of the compartments but something stopped him hurry stood still and watched as the train left he was alone now and had nowhere to go he thought about Anil and how his house was the one place he could go back to so having nowhere to go hurry started walking aimlessly and came to a man on there he sat on a bench thinking about onions reaction Anil he knew would feel sad not at the loss of money but at the loss of trust it started to rain soaked hurry made his way back to the bazaar he took out the notes then he thought about his time eternals he remembered that Anil had promised to teach him to write whole sentences one day he thought knowing whole sentences would bring him even more than thieving code after all stealing was easy but becoming a clever and well-respected man that was better so Hari went back to a nil and put the money back under the mattress next day when he woke up Anil was already making tea Anil gave him a 50 rupee note as part of his wages then he declared that they were going to learn whole sentences hurry realised that uh nil knew what had happened but uh nil didn't say anything moved hurry gave Anil a smile a genuine heartfelt smile [Music]