Ahmed and Amjad were identical twins, they were both studying in the same grade and in the same school. Both brothers were naughty and, therefore, they often took advantage of their identical faces. They always teased everyone, played harsh pranks and weren’t caught because they always started blaming each other, which saved them.

After the summer vacation, when the new academic year started, many new students came to the school. Alex was one of them. It was the first day after the summer vacation, when Alex entered the same school where Ahmed and Amjad studied. As usual, he became the new target for the twins. Alex was already nervous as it was a completely new environment for him, with no familiar face or a friend. He was looking here and there and tried to locate his class.

Suddenly, Ahmed came forward to help him. He sweetly asked Alex why he was nervous. Alex, who was already tense, took help from Ahmed by asking him the location of his classroom. Ahmed welcomed him to the school and comforted him. They both walked in the corridor towards the classroom. But, according to the cunning plan of the twins, it was decided that Ahmed will take Alex to an empty classroom where Amjad would be hiding and just when Ahmed and Alex would enter the class, Amjad would appear, while Ahmed will say that there is no one in the room besides them.

So Ahmed and Alex walked slowly towards the empty classroom and entered it. The class seemed to be an abandoned one since there was dust and webs inside. Alex looked at Ahmed questionably and, as planned, Amjad got up from the middle of the room, from one of the desks. Alex was horrified to see Amjad. It was the same face as the one beside Alex, but with a serious look, with eyes piercing into Alex’s eyes.

Alex turned to Ahmed, but he pretended that he didn’t see anyone there. Alex was scared, he knew something was wrong. So Alex decided to run, but, unfortunately, in a hurry he banged his head to the door and fell down. He hit the door so badly that he injured his head and blood started to come out from the cut.

The twins quickly called some students nearby and Alex has to be rushed to the school clinic. There the teachers realised that he needed immediate medical help and rushed him to the hospital.

This incident made Ahmed and Amjad realise a lot of things, they were in complete shock. They never thought that their childish pranks could result in something way serious than they ever expected. They both were very ashamed. Both of them were expelled by the school management.

After a few days, when Alex was all fine to start the school again, he came with his parents to talk to the school management to call the twins back to school.

Ahmed and Amjad didn’t expect that. This made them embarrassed and they apologised and also promised Alex and the school principal that they would never play pranks on anyone again. Alex, being a kind hearted student, accepted their apology and from the next day, both the twins showed improvement in their behaviour and never played pranks again.

Published in Dawn, Young World, August 27th, 2022