It is a worrisome episode that calls for pity and tears. This young girl failed her recent examination due to feverishness. She does not become sick until four days to examination when it is difficult to manage any situation.

“Is it a projection or evil attack? Or is it spell that is catching our daughter?” the father pondered aloud.

A diligent search for solution seized the attention of the parents. The study habit of their daughter Precious was carefully examined to unearth the source of her debilitating ordeal. How she reads, when she reads, how long she sleeps and her eating habits were carefully cross-checked. The hobbies that occupy Precious at leisure moments were also monitored. The findings proved that Precious misses her breakfast most of the mornings and still treks for over one kilometre to her school on empty stomach. Again she spends more time watching television, preying on her time and health. She would want to cover up losses of time and effort by overstretching herself few days to the examination. The outcome is often ill-health and failure. She breaks a long-standing principle that "a stitch in time saves nine".