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Kashem is a poor rickshaw puller in Dhaka. He pulls his rickshaw in different areas of the city. One day he saw some man selling lottery tickets enticing the passers-by. Kashem felt tempted and bought a ticket……………

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A RICKSHAW PULLER AND A LOTTERY TICKET

Kashem is a poor rickshaw puller in Dhaka. He pulls his rickshaw in different areas of the city. One day he saw some men selling lottery tickets enticing the passers-by. Kashem felt tempted and bought a ticket: He knew the date of the draw. He was waiting eagerly for the day. Then, the much awaited day came. He purchased a daily newspaper to see whether he won the lottery. To his great surprise, he could easily find out his ticket number which got the first prize amounting to 20 lakh taka. He was beside himself and was in’a fix what to do, Too many plans and programmes that flashed in his mind included buying a ready-made house in Dhaka and marrying a beautiful lady. But with the lottery money he became burdened with so many problems and complaint. He got a lot of money. But alas! he lost his mental peace and tranquility.