Ouch Ouch Alas Alas Funny English Story For Kids by M.Idrees Qureshi
Moral Lesson :”Clean water is life”.
Chapter 1 – Tony’s Big Cry
“Oh! Oh! Ouch! I’m dying!” Tony screamed.
Moni laughed.
“Then how are you speaking? Do dead people ever talk?”
“I think he’s not fully dead yet, that’s why he’s still talking,” Goni added.
Dr. Jhakkar took off his glasses, placed them on the table, and scolded them:
“Listen carefully! One of you is always sick. I’ve told you thousands of times to be careful!”
“Not thousands,” Moni interrupted. “Exactly 12,583 times!”
“Silence!” the doctor thundered.
“I’ve told you one hundred and twenty thousand times—drink clean water, or you’ll keep getting stomach problems.”
“But Doctor,” Goni frowned, “we never put potatoes (aloo) in our water. Then how did it become aloo-da (contaminated)?”
Moni chuckled.
“Maybe aloo-da is falooda’s younger brother! Speaking of falooda, it’s been three years and almost four months since we last had it. Let’s go tonight to Saddar Chowk and eat some!”
Tony groaned. His eyes were closing; the fever was high.
“Enough nonsense!” shouted Dr. Jhakkar. “I’m giving him an injection and some medicines. But tonight, I’ll visit Tony’s house myself and see what water he drinks.”
Chapter 2 – The Dirty Water Secret
That evening, Dr. Jhakkar stood outside Tony’s house, staring at the hand pump.
“Hmm… this looks suspicious,” he muttered.
“What’s the matter, Doctor?” Tony groaned.
Dr. Jhakkar pumped out some water, took a sip, and said firmly:
“Just as I thought—this water is contaminated!”
“But how?” Moni asked in shock.
“Look there,” the doctor explained. “That big puddle of dirty water is right beside the pump. It seeps into the ground and mixes with the clean water underground. That’s why the water here is brackish and unsafe.”
“What should we do? The whole neighborhood drinks from this pump!” Goni worried.
“Get this pump removed and reinstalled far from the puddle,” the doctor said.
“Until then, boil the water, cool it, and only then drink it.”
“Absolutely right! We’ll ask Datta the blacksmith today itself,” Moni and Goni agreed together.
Soon, the pump was moved to a clean place. Tony recovered quickly.
But then… it was Moni’s turn to fall sick!
Chapter 3 – Moni and the Hotel Tea
“Oh! Oh! My stomach is gone!” Moni screamed in pain.
“Gone where? It’s still here.” Goni pressed his belly.
Moni half-cried, half-laughed.
“Stop joking, man!”
Dr. Jhakkar shook his head.
“You three are complete idiots.”
Tony grinned.
“No, Doctor, we’re not idiots. But some crazy people think we are.”
“Quiet!” snapped the doctor.
“Tell me honestly—what did he eat or drink this time?”
“He had tea at Bootay’s hotel,” Tony replied.
“Ah! And they must have dipped the cups in dirty water,” the doctor guessed.
“Yes,” Tony admitted.
“That’s why he’s suffering from vomiting and dysentery,” the doctor said angrily.
“Hotel dishes must be washed in clean, hot water. Now lie him down and put him on a drip, or he’ll die of dehydration.”
Moni groaned again.
“Oh! This contaminated water is after us with a vengeance!”
Tony smirked.
“Fool! If water had washed its hands, how could it still be contaminated?”
Chapter 4 – Goni and the Carrots
When Tony and Moni got better, Goni fell sick.
“Oh! Oh! There’s chaos in my stomach!” Goni shouted as he was carried in a rickshaw to the clinic.
“What mischief this time?” Dr. Jhakkar asked angrily.
Tony yelled,
“Doctor, he kept eating carrots straight from the vegetable cart!”
“And haven’t you heard the saying?” Moni added with a grin.
“Whoever eats carrots, their belly feels the pain!”
The doctor sighed.
“Yes, he’s sick from eating unwashed carrots.”
“But Doctor,” Goni argued, “you always say eating raw vegetables is healthy!”
Dr. Jhakkar explained:
“Yes, but the water used in fields is not clean. It often comes from drains, ditches, or canals carrying waste. Vegetables pulled from the ground must be washed thoroughly. Otherwise, germs remain on them.”
Goni pointed at Moni.
“But Moni ate turnips without washing and he’s fine!”
Moni laughed.
“I peeled the skin off with a knife, so the germs didn’t reach me!”
Dr. Jhakkar shook his head.
“That’s why vegetables must always be washed again in fresh, clean water.”
Tony burst into laughter:
“Doctor! Don’t you know? People always break written rules. Where it says ‘No Spitting’, everyone spits. Where it says ‘No Dogs’, dogs and people both pee under it! Hahaha!”
The doctor fumed.
“Enough nonsense! Lay Goni down so I can check him.”
Chapter 5 – The Doctor’s Complaint
One day later, it was Dr. Jhakkar himself shouting in pain.
“Oh! Oh! Ouch!” he cried, walking into the courtyard.
The three friends rushed to him.
“Doctor, what happened? Did you drink contaminated water too?”
“Where are you three these days?” the doctor groaned.
“No one visits my clinic anymore!”
Moni smiled.
“That’s because we’re all fine now. We drink clean water, wash dishes with clean water, and scrub vegetables properly. But why are you yelling like us now?”
Dr. Jhakkar sighed sadly.
“What else should I do? I have no patients anymore. Everyone is healthy. The whole day I just sit alone. Not even a fly comes by! Oh, I’m ruined.”
Tony shouted:
“Moni, quick! Bring the doctor a glass of water!”
Moni ran, filled a glass from the pitcher, and gave it to the doctor.
After drinking, Dr. Jhakkar stood up with new energy and declared:
“Clean water is life!”
