As investigation was in progress, Jacob’s friend John refuses that he was with him last night. Because of this reason, police’s direct suspicion went to Jacob. They asked him if you were not with him then where were you. But he didn’t utter a word.
The sun rose when all this was happening. Birds were chirping and everyone was going to their work.Everyone was seeing happy. But unfortunately it was not the day for the family of Jacob.
As the police next suspect to Jacob, they went to his place. Everyone in the town was wandering that what was happening, why did the police come. Police started searching the house. Jacob’s family was a poor family.Their house was very small. Police searched the money in each and every corner of the house, in the pots , under the mattress, in the jars, in the kitchen. however they didn’t get any penny.
The police asked him again where the money is. But he didn’t utter anything. At the same time Jacob went into his imaginary world, and an incident came in front of his eyes of last night. He saw when in the last night he was roaming across the street, a boy stealthily came from Mr. Wilson’s house. Jacob thought sure something was wrong here. When that boy was about to run, Jacob stopped him into his way and asked what are you doing, why are you coming ingloriously from Mr. Wilson’s house. He didn’t speak anything. He pushed him and ran from there. Jacob started chasing him. After a while, Jacob threw a stone at him. This action made the boy injured and Jacob caught him. Jacob forced him to tell the truth or he will go to Mr. Wilson and police and tell everything what he had done. The boy started weeping and requested him not to tell all this to anyone. Jacob then asked him,” who are you and why did you steal money.”
The boy told him the whole truth. He said his name is Jack,who belonged to a impoverished family. The boy explained him,”My mother is very ill. I am the only one in the family to take care of her, but I have no money for her treatment, perforce I have to steal the money.” Then Jacob thought and asked but how did you know that Mr. Wilson used to keep his money in the drawer even you do not work in his house. Although the people who work in his house hardly know this thing. In the reply boy said,”Few days ago, I came to Wilson’s house for finding work. When I was waiting for him, while he was doing his work, he took a large amount of money and put it in that drawer. None the less at time I had no plan to steal the money. Mr. Wilson came and he told me that there was no work for me and I left his house. But my mother suddenly got ill and for her treatment I had to steal.”
He again requested Jacob, not to tell anything. He appealed in front of him by joining hands and holding his feet. Then Jacob said,”How do I trust you?, how do I believe that whatever you have said is true?”, or asked him for proof. The boy was quiet and after thinking for sometime, he replied if you didn’t believe on me then you can join me to home and you will get to know about the truth. Jacob agreed to go with him. When Jacob entered into his house, he saw that everything that he said is true. Jacob saw that his mother was lying on the bedstead in a very critical condition. The boy asked now you believe that what I told was true.”yes!”said Jacob. Jacob was dejected to see him in that condition. He assisted him, and took his mother to the doctor for her treatment. When they returned from doctor, Jacob told him not to commit such mistakes again and will do good deeds from now and always take care of his mother. “Yes, I will do not do these deeds again.” Jack thanked him for everything and again requested him not to tell anything to anyone. Jacob reckoned and came back to his house.
“It is the last time I am asking you where the money is or I would put you in the prison.”said cop.
“I didn’t steal anything.” said Jacob.
“So why don’t you tell the truth? where were you last night?” Cop shouted.
“I was looking for the job as my family is suffering from financial crisis, I wanted to help my family, hence I was outside and came back late and I told that I was with my friend.”
“Then why did you tell a lie,you can speak the truth as well.”
“I didn’t want to tell a lie, I was scared that if my parents get to know about it how would they react.”
Jacob didn’t speak the truth about the thief as that boy requested him not to say anything. As police didn’t find any evidence they had no choice except leaving Jacob. The police told Mr. Wilson that we could not find any evidence so we can do nothing then. Mr. Wilson did not understand who had done it. From this reason Mr. Wilson fired everyone from their works…