{"id":270,"date":"2020-02-03T13:22:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T13:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/?p=270"},"modified":"2020-02-03T13:22:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T13:22:45","slug":"a-stitch-in-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/2020\/02\/03\/a-stitch-in-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A STITCH IN TIME"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Little  Rahul was playing with his friends in the park when he fell down. His  head hit a sharp stone. There was pandemonium as blood flowed profusely  from a deep gash on his forehead. Fortunately, his mother Seema was  present in the park. Other adults and children came running to help and  Rahul was rushed to the nearby clinic. As luck would have it, this . was  a posh, super-speciality clinic run by the highly qualified Dr. Mohan.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He promptly attended to the boy and expertly stitched up the gaping  wound. Antibiotics and painkillers were given. At the end, Seema  enquired, \u201cDoctor, your fees\u2026?\u201d Dr. Mohan replied, \u201cSix hundred and  fifty rupees \u2013 fifty rupees for consultation and six hundred rupees for  the six stitches!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201cOh!\u201d said Seema as if she got a shock. \u201cI\u2019m deeply grateful for one  thing, Doctor\u2026\u201d she paused. \u201cYes?\u201d asked the doctor, expecting a further  declaration of gratitude for his quick medical care. \u201cI\u2019m thankful,\u201d  went on Seema, \u201cthat you are not my tailor!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Useful Link for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-is-the-origin-and-meaning-of-the-saying-%E2%80%9Ca-stitch-in-time-saves-nine-%E2%80%9D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Further Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Little Rahul was playing with his friends in the park when he fell down. His head hit a sharp stone. There was pandemonium as blood&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,13],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-chandamama","tag-english"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}