In a big cosmopolitan town of Mumbai, was a shopkeeper long ago. He used to sell general merchant goods at his shop. People were sometimes amazed at his strange behavior. As soon as any customer visited his shop, he used to behave abnormally. New customers who did not know him thought he was mocking them. But, on the other hand they also thought if he was a shopkeeper he shouldn't misbehave with people to keep up the good spirit good faith.
His family members were also baffled at his actions. They also didn't know why did, all that he did. They used to receive complaints from the customers every now and then. Some of them got too furious, to the extent that a heated altercation may sometimes degrade to the level of physical brawl. They also asked the shopkeeper whose name was Mahto, to sit back at home and avoid going to the shop. But, he didn't pay heed to them.
Once his family members planned to take him to a psychiatrist, but to no avail. He refused to visit the psychiatrist. The family members thought that something had gone wrong with his brain and that caused the misbehavior. The family members who included his wife and a son were too worried as they had to answerable to the people for his misbehavior. Once the mother and son duo were sitting together and finally planned to call the psychiatrist at their home.
Both of them consulted the renowned psychiatrist of their region. They went and met him and paid his fees thereby invited the doctor to their home citing their problem. They elaborately explained the the whole situation. The psychiatrist also got amused listening to all this. However he promised to visit them the very next day,
The next day when, Mahto closed the shop by the evening, and returned home, he found the psychiatrist waiting for him. After the adulation both introduced themselves to each other.
Then after giving a heed to Mahto's problem he observed that whatever Mahto did was spontaneous and unintentional.
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Author Prityarth.
Surprising
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