They Call it Friendship


Oneday, there lived two great friends in a hamlet. Uni and Uli had been friends since their childhood. Now they were studying in a college, which was at far distance from their place. In the way they had to cross a river, pass hills and sandy area too. They used to go to college together. Their friendship was famous in college.

One rainy day the two friends set out for college as usual. They were chatting while walking. They were discussing some point of human rights theory which was taught on previous day. The two had different opinions. There began heated arguments. This was followed by abusive language by both sides. Things got so bad that in a fit of anger Uni slapped Uli. Shell shocked Uli stared at his friend and wrote on sand that “today my best friend slapped me.”

Both resumed their walk but now they were silent. Meanwhile they reached the river which was overflowing today. Uli was not a good swimmer. He stepped into the river but … began to drown and flow with force of water in the direction of the flood.Uni saw this and without thinking for a second jumped into the river. With difficulty he could drag Uli out of the river. He helped Uli restore his normal breath. When Uli became normal, he wrote on a hill that “today my best friend saved my life.”


Uni who was observing all this could not help asking “why did you write it on sand when I slapped you and why are you writing on the hill when I’ve saved your life?” Uli replied that “we should soon forget wrong done by our friends and dear ones as writing on sand gets erased in no time, but if they do something good for us we should always remember their kindness just as writing on stones is for ever.” Saying this Uli hugged his friends and two went to college as if nothing had happened.

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