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Torment of conscience
Their classmates, Karim and Aziz, knew that they were very close friends. 
Since Karim was a child in everyone's eyes, Aziz had crazy greed for him. What 
happened after that, one day...
Aziz took 100,000 soums from his classmate Olim's bag and put them in
Karim's 
briefcase since no one was around during the break.
Olim, who was slowly collecting money to buy gifts for the children being 
brought up in the orphanage, entered the classroom, searched his bag, but could not
find the fund. Where did it go? Who did it? Olim told his teacher, Umida, the
story. 
The teacher had to see everyone's bag to find the student who took the money. The 
money came out of Karim's bag.
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Teacher, I did not take this money. Someone put Olim's money in my bag, - 
Karim cries.
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Not true! Who puts money in your bag? Shame on you. We'll call your 
parents to school! - the teacher said.
So Karim's parents were very ashamed of their son's theft. They had to punish
the 
child; he wasn't allowed to play on the street or watch TV. The demand for studies 
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has increased. English one day, Russian one day, physics, music, mathematics—in 
short, there was neither time nor opportunity to catch up. Seeing that Karim was 
punished to such a degree, Aziz's conscience was tormented: "Why did I do this 
cruel thing? What did I need? I should ask him for forgiveness; this is the only way
to get rid of the pain of conscience.
Aziz went to his teacher and told her everything. The teacher realized that he
had 
confessed his guilt.
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"You did a very good job; now if you apologize to Karim, everything will go
away," - she said.
Aziz was relieved by the teacher's encouragement, and the teacher went to Aziz 
and apologized:
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"My friend, I put Olim's money in your bag." I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
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A bowed head cannot be cut by a sword. Aziz's sinful bowing of his head 
seemed to excite Karim, and he hugged him.
Father
Father came overflowing. There was an uproar in the 
house; four children ran up and threw themselves into his arms. The father's eyes 
fell on the little girl, who was standing at the door of the other room. She was the 
orphan of a distant relative.