Once in a beautiful spring rose a pine tree in a forest looked at a red blossomed rose and said, “What a beautiful flower; I wish I were you. The rose said, “It seems that I am the most beautiful plant.” Then a sunflower raising its head said there were many plants including the rose which were beautiful. The conceited rose, said looking at a thorny cactus, “What an ugly plant!.” Then the rose went ballistic when the pine tree compared the thorns of the rose plant with those of the cactus. The rose raged at the cactus to be his neighbour and infuriatingly tried to move his roots away from the cactus but couldn’t. Spring passed and life became difficult when in sweltering hot days plants and animals needed water and there was no rainfall. Once the wilted rose saw sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus and then fly away, refreshed. The rose got puzzled. The tree explained, “The birds got water from the cactus that hurts, but the cactus does not like to see any birds suffer.” The rose blushed with shame.
Moral : Never judge anyone by his appearance.
