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Bapu had walked for some distance when he came across a khadi clad cyclist pedalling along the road. Bapu stopped him and said, “Give me your cycle please. I have to go to the Vidyapith”. The astonished cyclist got off without a word and handed his cycle to Gandhiji. Bapu may have ridden a bicycle in South Africa, he certainly never had an occasion to do so in India. However, a small thing like that was not going to daunt3 him. He got onto the cycle and pedalled hard to the Vidyapith and everyone was astonished4 to see him arriving on time.
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