Try to be good to all

Long ago, there lived a little boy named Gopal. 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 Gopal loved him very much. But that aroused jealousy in many other boys who longed to be as loved as Gopal.

Now there was another boy named Mohan who studied in the same class as Gopal. Unlike Gopal, he was not good at studies and always liked to play during school hours. He misbehaved with his parents and even ill-treated Gopal. He always tried to put Gopal down and belittled him before other kids in the class. But no matter what he did, Gopal’s grades kept getting better and better. Whether in studies or in sports or from his classmates, Gopal kept getting accolades from everywhere.

On his eighth birthday, Goapl 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 Mohan saw it, he was very jealous of Gopal. He asked Gopal,

“Hey, where did you get that? Did you buy it?”

“My parents gave it as a birthday gift to me.” replied Gopal.

Mohan was overwhelmed with anger and jealousy. The bad boy that he was, he rarely got any present from his parents. He decided to steal Gopal’s pen. During recess, when everyone had gone out from the class, Mohan opened Gopal’s bag and took out his pen. Then he hid it inside his bag and went out to have his tiffin.

When Gopal 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 Mohan’s bag and the furious teacher asked the errant boy,

“Now Mohan, what do you have to say about it?”

Mohan was in tears. He had nothing to say.

When Gopal saw Mohan 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 Mohan, now that his stolen pen was found.

This opened Mohan’s eyes. He could now see what a good boy Gopal was. He asked for forgiveness from his teacher and Gopal. From that day, he became friends with Gopal and gradually changed himself to be as good as Gopal. Everyone began to love Mohan and Gopal was proud of his new friend.

Despite being hurt by Mohan, Gopal gave him back only friendship 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: Try not to harm someone even if he harms you , maybe he/she would probably change by your behaviour.