Neel Down

In my primary days, I was a timid guy. I was so afraid of my teachers that whenever any teacher shouted "Kneel Down", it would send shivers down my spine. So when Vineetha teacher shouted "Neel, Kneel Down", I was really scared. I had been caught. Vineetha had given some homework to the class and I could not complete it on time. Just before the submission time, I erased all the incomplete work for the day(We used (Natraj)pencils till standard four). When I was asked the reason for not completing the homework, I told Vineetha that "I forgot about the homework". With traces of erased homework so very visible, I just cannot imagine how stupid I was. Only if that incident had taken place a few years later I would have a variety of excuses to chose from. I miss that innocent Neel.