Narrative text : The Hardworking Man,

Edwin had worked hard all his life. He had started at the age of 17 to help his father run a small radio repair shop in a quite neighbourhood. This had begun in him burning desire to be successful bussinesman. So when his father was too old to work, Edwin ran the shop alone. His sincerity and honesty earned a lot of friends and slowly his shop became bigger and bigger. As Edwin was a frugal man, he saved enough to be trust a lot of traders from overseas. His bussines expanded and he became very rich. The one day, a man dressed very smartly appeared in his office.
The man had a proposal t expan the bussines overseas. He played upon the emotions of Edwin who was very trusting and agreed to accept the man as a partner. It was also at this time that Edwin’s father became gravely ill. Because of this Edwin couldn’t spend much time in the bussines and depended more and more on his partner. In fact he was grateful to the partner for taking care of the bussines all by himself. Then he made his ultimate mistake. Fully trusting his partner he signed several banks cheques so that his partner could withdraw money without seeing him every time. Then one day two tragedies struck Edwin at the same time. His father died and edwin’s partner disappeared. It was then that Edwin discovered that his partner had cheated im and had withdrawn all the money he had.

Edwin was ruined. However he remained calm and concentrated on burying his father. After that he made a police report. His partner was caught in a week, but it was no use. None of the money that he had worked for and saved all those years was left. The villain had hidden it all or just spent it. There was nothing that Edwin could do except to take his partner to court and have him to prison.

Edwin had to sell his bussines in order to pay all his debts. He felt depressed and was contemplating suicide. But this wife stood by him. She told him repeatedly that he was a good man and a capable one. Slowly Edwin found his courage again and built up his confidence. He made a vow to himself and his wife that he would become rich again in five years. Then she sold all his wife’s jewelry and started a small shop. It was in the same neighbourhood, where he and his father had opened their little repair shop so many years ago . a lot of people began to come to Edwin’s shop. In order to support him, his wife worked with him.

After a fews years of struggle, Edwin became rich again, he relized that becoming rich was due to mental ability and not because of luck. He worked sincerely and with all his concentration and overcame all obstacle. He kept his vow to himself and to his wife, he immensely rich in five years.