Afire erupted on the main street and people began to shout for help. “Call Mickey, the champ! Maybe he can help us out!” an old man suggested.
To this a middle-aged lady said, “Mickey, the champ! Useless! He is a super hero in name only. A super hero doesn’t wake up at 2’O clock in the afternoon. He is so lazy, pathetic!”
The old man said, “But he is the only one who can save us. I know he has some shortcomings, but I’m sure he has a good heart and he can’t see us in trouble. Just give him a call…”
The lady dialled Mickey’s number from her cellphone. Mickey, after three bells, picked up the phone and said in a hoarse voice as he had been sleeping, “Hello, who is this?”
“Mickey, please come soon to the main street. A fire has erupted here and we need your help!” the lady said on phone.
“Oh fire!” Mickey was shocked to listen to this but was too lazy to quickly get up and go there. However, he dragged himself to the wardrobe as there was no time to go to the washroom. He picked his superhero costume, including his flying shoes that help him to fly. He slowly put on the dress and shoes and was about to leave his house when his cellphone rang again.
He picked the phone. It was his aunt’s call who lived in the US — Mickey’s favourite place. He began to talk to aunt and forgot about the fire when suddenly he got distracted with the sound of clouds’ thunder. It began to rain!
“Oh God! The fire!” Mickey screamed and threw his cellphone and flew towards the main street.
Everyone there was enjoying the rain as God had helped them — the fire had of course gone out due to the rain.
The lazy and inattentive — the so-called super hero — Mickey, the champ asked, “Where’s the fire?”
The old man who had suggested Mickey’s name for help came forward and replied, “My dear son, no doubt you are good at heart but your goodness is of no use when you are lazy and careless. For whatever you want to be in your life — doctor,engineer, architect, journalist or a super hero — before any God-gifted powers, you need to be active and responsible because a lazy person is useless for everyone, no matter how many qualities he possesses!”
Mickey, with an embarrassing face, left for home as he was no more a super hero for his people.