A girl 'boasted' about how much bad luck she had got in her life. Then, she mentioned an examination that she would face in the following week. "How could I do this?" said her with her miserable face, begging for some advices. "I'm very bad at it."
"Study!" answered a boy whose age was older than hers.
Indeed! said the girl only on her mind. In fact, she kept silent, did not want to try to utter her unspoken mind. She let him to speak more instead.
"But, I suggest you: do not study in the night before the examination." added him with a little chuckle.
She replied with a feeble smile. I've already known that, too. But again, she did not verbalize what was on her mind.
"Is everything clear now?" asked him.
"I 'm not sure.."
The boy showed his furrowed brow.
"Other subjects demand to be paid attention to, too," continued her.
Now, it was the boy's turn to kept silent.
"I just wish that a day was not equal to twenty-four hours. 134 hours a day, I wish." said the girl, still.
The boy laughed. "How old are you?"
The girl had no idea why he asked that question.
"I mean, in what semester are you now?" he gave more stress on the phrase in what semester.
The girl thought that it was not necessary to answer that question, because she knew that he had known the answer already.
"Come on. You've grown up. You have to manage your time. You control the time you have. Don't let the time control you," advised him.
He's right. Thought her. But she did not want to admit it directly.
She then smile to him. A sincere smile.