TRUE
FRIENDS ARE RARE AND KEEP THEM WITH CARE
Long ago, there lived a little boy named Sammy. He was a
good boy. He was good in his studies, obedient to his parents, more intelligent
than many other boys in his class and kind to everyone. Grown-ups as well as
those junior to Sammy loved him very much. But that aroused jealousy in many
other boys who longed to be as loved as Sammy.
Now there was another
boy named Timmy who studied in the same class as Sammy. Unlike Sammy, he was
not good at studies and always liked to play during school hours. He misbehaved
with his parents, bullied his classmates and even ill-treated Sammy. He always
tried to put Sammy down and belittled him before other kids in the class. But
no matter what he did, Sammy's grades kept getting better and better. Whether
in studies or in sports or from his classmates, Sammy kept getting accolades
from everywhere.
On his eighth
birthday, Sammy got a nice pen as a gift from his parents. He brought it to
school so that he could use it to take down the notes of the lectures that the
teachers gave in class. This was a very beautiful pen and it could help one
write very fast. When Timmy saw it, he was very jealous of Sammy. He asked
Sammy,
"Hey, where did
you get that? Did you buy it?"
"My parents gave
it as a birthday gift to me."
replied Sammy.
Timmy was overwhelmed
with anger and jealousy. The bad boy that he was, he rarely got any present
from his parents. He decided to steal Sammy's pen. During recess, when everyone
had gone out from the class, Timmy opened Sammy's bag and took out his pen.
Then he hid it inside his bag and went out to have his tiffin.
When Sammy came back
and could not find his pen, he informed his class teacher about it. There was a
hunt for the missing pen and the class teacher ordered the class monitor to
search the bag of every children inside the class. The missing pen was soon
found out of Timmy's bag and the furious teacher asked the errant boy,
"Now Timmy, what
do you have to say about it?"
Timmy was in tears.
He had nothing to say.
When Sammy saw Timmy
cry, he took pity on the boy. The kind boy that he was, he had no ill-feeling
against his classmate. He requested his class teacher not to take any action
against Timmy, now that his stolen pen was found.
This opened Timmy's
eyes. He could now see what a good boy Sammy was. He asked for forgiveness from
his teacher and Sammy. From that day, he became friends with Sammy and
gradually changed himself to be as good as Sammy. Everyone began to love Timmy
and Sammy was proud of his new friend.
Despite being hurt by
Timmy, Sammy gave him back only love in return. This is how we should also
treat our enemies. Who knows? One day, our behaviour may just change themselves
for the better.
Moral: Do not harm someone even if he harms you. Be good to
all.
Source :- story collected from web
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