Essays

Introduction. (A hot summer morning) it was Sunday in June. Li was very closed-1 decided to go to the river which flows near our town at a small distance. I went there on my bike.

On the way to the river. 1 had not gone far when I met my friend Ravi. He too, was going to the river. So we went along talking merrily. we soon reached the river the riverside. The river side presented a very lovely scene. There were men, women and children. They were in large number- All were Swimming those who could not swim were bathing in shallow water. Home people were washing their clothes- Some were playing in the Cold water of the river. Little boys and girls were playing on the sand.  Some boys were playing kabaddi on the sand of the river.

Boating by students and washing clothes by washer men. A  Number of college students was enjoying healing. The little boats were running up the river.  They were having lines of   on their both Hides. A little up the river some washer man were washing the clothes. They were beating clothes against stone-slabs. Their wives and children were spreading the clothes for drying upon the bank Fishermen at work. At a little distance from the bathing ghat, ahw fishermen were busy in catching fish- They had thrown nets in the river and were wailing for (heir catch.

A Temple of Shiva near the bank. Close to the river bank was a Small temple of Shiva under a peepal tree. Some holy Sadhus were staying there. After taking bath some men were going to the temple to say their prayers. An old beggar was sitting outside the temple. He was begging alms from each man going to the temple. There were

some fruit-sellers  with big baskets of melon and mangoes-

Our bath and boating- We also enjoyed a bath in the river. We Swam and swam for an hour in the cold water. After taking bath, we hired u boat. Both of us hired it for an hour. The boatman also joined us in our singing- He also sang good songs in his own language. Scaling   proved a good exercise. We reached the other bank. There we anchored the boat. We saw many other boats going up and down. We had some fruits (mangoes and melons) there. After two hours we came hack. I paid ten rupees to the boatman. He blessed us.

Conclusion. We returned home in the evening. Mother rebuked me for absence.