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The lesson "Man Overboard" is about the sea trip  of a little girl named  Murthy. She travelled on a ship alone called  once while travelling to Singapore, returning from her grandparents' place. 

On the second day of her journey, a warning about a heavy  on the Indian ocean created much commotion around the ship . Still, it did not affect Vasantha in any way. She was much happier only after the announcement was made as she was fond of  journey.

 

 

While there was no such expected  had happened, there was a heavy wind still. As Vasantha was highly fascinated with adventurous journeys, she went to the ship's    to enjoy nature's work. During that time, she   an issue where she accidentally saw a man slipping into the sea. She then immediately shouts for help.

It was the captain himself who  to her cry. He took the  of his leading his crew in saving the victim's life. He instructs his team carefully and quickly to save the  without any delay. His experienced sailors manage to do so by dropping life-boats on the sea near the victim' and saved his life successfully.

Vasantha's presence of mind,  call, captain's response, crew's team effort, and sailors' experience altogether saved a life. Everyone, including Vasantha, was relaxed after that   operation. A nurse from the ship's clinical section gave her assurance about improvement on the victim's health, which kept Vasantha's mind peaceful.

The captain of the ship surprised Vasantha with a  gift to appreciate her excellent work. It was a beautiful  of ship on it was written, "B.I.S.N. & Co. S.S. RAJULA." It made Vasantha's day. She happily   her  to everyone on the ship, and she was the happiest person on the  on that day.