1. The story introduces Chotu, a boy from a small village who struggles in his studies due to coming from a poor family with uneducated parents.
2. One day on his way to school, Chotu witnesses a chicken repeatedly trying to fly over a canal with food in its beak but failing and falling into the water.
3. This incident makes Chotu reflect on his own situation and whether he should give up on his studies like the chicken did not persist in its efforts.