126. Two
Friends in Desert
Once two friends
were walking through the desert. During the journey they had an argument, and
one friend slapped on the other's cheek. The one who got slapped was hurt, but
without saying anything, wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend slapped me.”
They arrived at an oasis while walking, where they decided to take a bath. The
one, who had been slapped, got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the
friend saved him. After the friend had recovered from drowning, he wrote on a
stone, "Today my best friend saved my life.” The friend who had slapped
and saved his best friend asked him, “After I had hurt you, you wrote in the
sand and now you write on a stone; why?” The other friend replied, “When
someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where the winds of
forgiveness can erase it. But when someone does good for us, we must engrave it
in a stone where no wind can ever erase it.”
Moral:
Be grateful to someone who helps you.
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