Story with your theme A stitch in time saves nine

This is a story around the famous idiom- A stitch in time saves nine. Sid was the energetic, young lad who had a knack for speed, race, timing etc. ... One day, in the mad rush to win the race, he met a small accident with a car but he was quick to brush it off casually. A few stitches here and there and he was all fine.

it's a proverb saying that if you sort out a problem immediately it may save a lot of extra work later.The phrase basically means it's better to solve a problem right away, to stop it becoming a much bigger one.

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.