2 Minute Worlds

One gentleman was walking down a road when he noticed a screwdriver lying on the ground.

He had never seen a screwdriver before. He picked it up, examined it, and when he couldn’t figure out what it was, he slipped it into his pocket, thinking he would look into it later.

As he went further, he saw a child sitting by a tree, crying.

When he asked the reason, he learned that the boy’s ball had gotten stuck in a hollow of the tree and wouldn’t come out.

The gentleman thought for a while, then pulled the screwdriver from his pocket, poked around the hollow, and managed to get the ball out for the boy.

He continued on his way. A little ahead, he saw an ice seller quarreling with people.

When he inquired, the ice seller said his ice-pick had gone missing. Now he was breaking ice with stones, and the customers were complaining.

The gentleman handed him the screwdriver and said, “No need to argue—make do with this for now.”

The ice seller thanked him, used it, served his customers, then gave him some cool water before sending him off.

The man carried on walking. Further down the road, he saw someone sitting by a motorcycle, looking worried.

He asked, “Can I help you with something?”

The man replied, “My motorcycle has broken down, and there’s no mechanic around. If I just had some tools, I could fix it myself.”

The gentleman said, “I have something, though I don’t know exactly what it is. Take a look—if it helps, use it.”

Saying this, he pulled out the screwdriver. The motorcyclist lit up with joy, quickly did some small repairs, and drove off after thanking him.

By now, the gentleman was convinced that this tool was extremely useful, and that it could solve every problem.

Lost in such thoughts, he kept walking until he saw a group of people sitting beside the road with someone lying on a cot. They looked distressed.

He went over and asked what was wrong. Someone said they were waiting for transport to take a patient to the city, but no vehicle had come by.

He asked what was wrong with the patient.

They replied: “He has been suffering from constipation for days. Now his condition has become very serious.”

The gentleman thought for a moment, pulled the screwdriver out of his pocket and said…

At this point, the narrator falls silent.