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प्रश्न
Write a composition (350–400 words) on the following:
You had booked a ticket on an early morning train. However, you woke up late and missed it. You then decided to run to catch a bus to the next station, where you hoped to catch up with the train. Narrate the entire event, including how you felt, the effort you made, and how you finally caught the train. What did you learn from this stressful experience?
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उत्तर
In everyone’s life, there comes a day when everything seems to go wrong. And thus, the saying that a work well begun is half done seems to mock and make fun of you. 22nd December 2014 seemed to be one such day for me. My exams had finished on December 21; December 22 was my real sister’s wedding from Jaipur. All my family members and my sister had left on December 20th, and I was to reach Jaipur on December 22nd by the morning intercity from Agra to Jaipur. It was my bad luck that I woke up 15 minutes late, which resulted in my reaching the station late, and thereby, right in front of me, I saw the tail end of the last waggon leaving the platform. My heart was in my mouth out of fear and nervousness.
I was all by myself with my luggage and was numb with shock. In the evening, it was my sister’s wedding, and I was still in Agra. The only safe way to reach Jaipur was to leave the station. I cursed myself for not being able to get up on time and, if I had got up late, for not hurrying up with the other morning routine activities. Tears rolled down my cheeks. An older man, seeing me in distress, came to comfort me. Knowing of my plight, they consoled me and advised me to rush to take a taxi, reach the next station, Bharatpur, and catch the intercity. Luckily, I was carrying some extra money; hence, the additional fare would not be a problem. Now, the time was to act, run a race against time, and train. I put aside my nervousness and fear, ran out of the station, jumped into an auto, and asked the driver to push hard on the accelerator to reach the Idgah bus station. Luckily, I got a deluxe bus leaving the bus depot for Dausa, a small place falling midway to Jaipur.
Prayers were flying high up in the air, one after the other, to Almighty God that I could reach safely and speedily and catch the train; otherwise, more trouble would befall me. I requested that the bus driver and the autorickshaw driver drive fast to follow the shortcuts to reach the destination. Due to my tense state, my head was covered with beads of sweat.
When I reached the Bharatpur railway station, I was very relaxed to see the train moving onto the platform. I quickly boarded it and was able to reach Jaipur on time. My cousin's brother had come to receive me at the station. That day, I learned a valuable lesson: the importance of punctuality and never sleeping late at night, especially when I have to catch an early train or bus.
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