There was one particular situation when I needed someone’s help. Actually my mother had just been transferred to my hometown, Decapur as she was a teacher in Achham. I was responsible to drop her to her new school and it was about 20 minutes ride in scooter from my house. At first my mother told me that she is familiar with the pathway that leads to her new school. However when we reached a place called Rajipur, she told me that she can’t really remember the way. So basically we were just lost in there. Despite Rajipur being a place where there are not much people, there was a particular person who we met and he helped us to know the directions. If she was not there, we would not have been able to find her school and we wouldn’t be there on time. Hence he provided us the directions from where to go and which intersections to take and so on. After which we managed to reach my mother’s school on time before the bell rang. Also I didn’t forget to thank and so my gratitude to our third person. I still think if he was not there at the time walking through the same way where we were stranded, would we have been able to reach my mother’s school or would we have returned home or maybe reached late. At the time I could not really use my Google Maps in my mobile because I had left it in home on charger as my battery was dead and my mother really did not have any data. Hence I am very grateful to that person for helping us.
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There was one particular situation when I needed someone's help. Actually, my mother had just been transferred to my hometown, Decapur, as she was a teacher in Achham. I was responsible for dropping her off at her new school, and it was about a 20-minute ride on a scooter from my house. At first, my mother told me that she was familiar with the pathway that leads to her new school. However, when we reached a place called Rajipur, she told me that she couldn't really remember the way. So basically, we were lost there. Despite Rajipur being a place where there are not many people, there was a particular person we met who helped us with the directions. If he had not been there, we would not have been able to find her school, and we wouldn't have arrived on time. He provided us with directions on where to go and which intersections to take, and so on. After that, we managed to reach my mother's school on time before the bell rang. I didn't forget to thank him and express my gratitude to this stranger. I still think that if he had not been there at that moment, walking through the same area where we were stranded, would we have been able to reach my mother's school, or would we have returned home, or maybe arrived late? At the time, I could not use Google Maps on my mobile because I had left it at home on the charger, as my battery was dead, and my mother really did not have any data. Hence, I am very grateful to that person for helping us.
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