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| The German Cricket Bowler |
Coach Qazi had put together the perfect Pakistani Cricket team. The
only thing
he was missing was a good bowler. He had scouted all the colleges,
and even the high schools, but he couldn't find a right bowler who
could ensure a World Cup win.
Then one night, while watching CNN, he saw a war-zone scene in Germany.
In
one corner of the background, he spotted a young German soldier with a
truly incredible arm. He threw a hand grenade straight into a 15th-story
window 200 yards away -- ka-boom! He threw another hand grenade into a
group of 10 soldiers 100 yards away -- ka-blooey! Then a car passed, going
90 mph -- bulls-eye!
"I've got to get this guy!" Qazi said to himself.
"He has the perfect arm!"
So, he brings him to Pakistan and teaches him the great game of cricket,
and the Pakistani Cricket Team go on to win there World Cup for the first time in history.
The young german is showed as the Great Hero of cricket, and when Qazi
asks him what he wants, all the young man wants to do is to call his
mother. "Mom," he says into the phone, "I just won the World Cup."
"I don't want to talk to you," the old woman says. "You
deserted us. You
are not my son."
"I don't think you understand, Mother!" the young man pleads.
"I just won
the greatest sporting event in the world. I'm here among thousands of my
adoring fans."
"No, let me tell you," the mother retorts. "At this very
moment, there are
gunshots all around us. The neighborhood is a pile of rubble. Your two
brothers were beaten within an inch of their lives last week, and this week
your sister was raped in broad daylight."
The old lady pauses, and then tearfully says
"...I'll never forgive you for making us move to Karachi!