Bad girl

You have many friends. You play with them. You laugh and joke with them. You talk to your friends. But is that all friends are for?

Veena and Savita were good friends. They were in the same class. One day Veena was unwell. She was unable to come to school.

`You all must learn your spelling well. Tomorrow I shall give you a dictation test,’ said the teacher.

The following day when Veena came, she had no idea about the dictation test. She was not prepared. She made many mistakes. Her eyes filled with tears.

`I have done so well’ said Savita, after the bell rang.

`I have done o badly I wish you had informed me about the test,’ said Veena. `You have my phone number.’

Poor boy

Madhu was a rich boy. He had many toys and a cricket set. Kumar was a poor boy who loved few houses away in small hut. His father was a gardener, Madhu and Kumar played cricket every evening with all the other boys of the colony. `Tomorrow is my birthday. All of you must come to my birthday party’ announced Madhu one evening. He shook hands with all the boys. Kumar was standing on one side quietly him.

After the parry was over, Madhu’s mother asked him, `What about your dear friend, Kumar? Why did not he come?

`How could I invite him far a party? He is so poor!’ replied Madhu.

Good friends

Kuchela (Sudhama) was a very poor boy. They two lived in Gokul village. Lord Krishna was rich. Both were great friends.

Many years passed. Krishna became the king of Dwaraka. Sudhama stayed on in Gokul. He was still poor. There was not enough food for his wife and children. The lived a small hut and wore torn clothes.

One day, Sudhama thought of asking Lord Krishna for help. So he set out for Dwaraka. He stood outside Krishna’s palace and wondered, `I am so poor. Will Krishna, the king of Dwaraka, remember?

When Krishna was told about the poor man called Sudhama, he ran out to welcome him. Krishna brought Sudhama to the palace. Sudhama spent many happy days in his friend’s palace. But he was thinking of his hungry family. He could not ask Krishna for money and help. One day, he quietly left the palace and went back to Gokul.

When Sudhama reached home, he got a great surprise. A lovely house stood in the place of his hut. The house had all the comforts.

Sudham’s wife told him that when he was at Dwaraka, Krishna had got house built. He had also sent a lot of money.

Sudham’s eyes filled with tears. Krishna was his true friend. He helped his poor friend.

*True friends are those who help each other, friend are not for fun only. Good friends must help each other.