Dr. CL Patel

suggesting that I should move away but I didn't understand
the message and stood there watching. The outlaws started
firing bullets incessantly. However, at last, the attackers failed
due to the bravery of my father. If my father had not used the
trick and his strength, the attack might have caused much
damage to the village.”
“The targeted home of attack had also got a revolver and
a gun but they couldn't do anything. But with the presence of
mind, my father could counter their attack.”
Chhotubhai still remembers that on the next day at
school, his teacher Vitthalbhai praised him saying, “A brave
son of a brave father !”
The brave son of this brave father also remembers many
other incidents of courage that his father had shown.
Unlocking the memories, he says, “There used to be many
snakes in our village. My father used to shoot them. People
used to call him if snakes were found around. But when he
fired his 12-bore gun, the sharp tiny bits of bullets would be
fired. Once it so happened that the holy statute of Lalji
Maharaj got shattered due to the bullets. From then on,
my father stopped killing snakes with his gun.”
As the saying goes 'Like the father, like the son'
Dr. C L Patel used to shoot snakes when his father was not
around. Looking into the past, he says, “Once there was a
snake in the roof. I fired a shot and the snake was cut into two.
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