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STORY TIME: A worthy friend
“Even the smartest criminal can make a mistake.” That’s what Faraz kept telling his best friend, Ali, but he never listened to him.
He replied, “I know Faraz that you care about me but I am really good at it.” Faraz knew Ali was quite a professional. He did it every time we had a big test and that’s about every three months. Ali’s parents were really strict so he was very conscious about his grades and that led him to be a thief. Somehow Faraz had the feeling that something is going to go wrong this time.
Ali’s plan was to steal at night. Everyone knew that the test papers were in the teacher’s drawer two days before the test. So Ali would create a distraction to get the gate keeper off guard and then go inside the school to pick the lock and take the test paper. Faraz kept warning him but Ali said that he was too clever for anyone. Faraz couldn’t tell his parents because he couldn’t betray his best friend. Whenever he tried to advise him against the plan Ali’s temper rose to a great height. One day they had a big row on this topic and they stopped talking to each other. Faraz became very depressed that his best friend fought with him over a little test. He decided that if he doesn’t stop him this time both of them would regret it.
Faraz’s mother was also noticing the lack of communication between the two boys. She tried to ask Faraz what the matter was but he always said that he was busy with the test preparation. The wish for Ali getting caught was fading away and he started to pray for Ali. Twice or thrice thought of calling him but then backed away at the thought of another fight.
The night when Ali was going to steal the papers arrived. Faraz’s parents had gone to a party. He put his baby sister to sleep and then decided to follow Ali, though the idea seemed completely dangerous and ridiculous, he would risk it for his friendship. Faraz sat on his bike and rode to his school. He parked his bicycle a block away and when he looked up he heard and saw some fireworks going off on the road behind the school. Ali would now be climbing the wall. Faraz hurriedly walked to the school wall. He had missed Ali by a second and was unable to stop him from doing the crime. He turned back to walk away when he suddenly heard a cry of pain. Faraz turned around. It was Ali, he had lost his balance while jumping from the wall and he fell to the ground and instantly lost consciousness. By the sight of his mangled right arm it seemed that he had broken it. Faraz quickly took him to he hospital unseen by the gate keeper who was still engaged in the fire works. In all this panic the test paper lay forgotten outside the school wall.
Ali was not able to give his test because his arm was broken. The test papers out of the teacher’s drawer remained a mystery and Ali learned his lesson thanks to his brave and caring friend, Faraz. If it was not for Faraz, Ali might have been caught or his injured arm may have been in a worse condition. The reason how his arm broke remained a mystery to the world and a secret between the two best friends. Ali said that he broke it in a bike accident.
Faraz however told his parents about the whole story and told them that all of this occurred due to Ali’s parents’ strictness. At this Faraz’s parents decided to talk with them and tell them how they should treat their child. So now that the pressure was taken care of Ali worked hard and even if he didn’t score very well his parents forgave him until one day he started to score very well in his tests.
That’s why the wise always say that even a small advice is precious as diamond and a friend’s concern is as pure as gold!
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