Who is Your True Friend?

Martin was a young boy going to school. He had a lot of friends in school.

He was showing off to his family members that he had the maximum number of friends in school. Also, he claims how friendly he was with everyone.

One day as he was talking about his friends at home, his father called him for a bet.

Father said, “Martin, I bet you for the cycle you wanted.

Martin, “What’s the bet?

Father, “I bet you do not have as many friends as you think. Everyone is not your friend. Some of them are only your classmates.”

Martin, without a second thought, accepted the challenge.

He asked, “But how I test whether they are my friends?

Father said, “I have a special item in my collection. Let me go and bring it.”

Martin waited curiously. He saw him walking towards him, looking like he was carrying something heavy. But Martin could not see anything.

Father, “You see this as a magic chair. It is invisible, and it is challenging to sit on it.

You take this to your school. If you manage to sit on it, the magic chair will activate.

Then you will be able to tell who your real friends are.”

The next day Martin took the invisible chair to school. During lunchtime, he asked everyone to form a circle. He stood in the middle, “Friends, you are about to see my magic here. Watch closely”

Then Martin tried sitting on the chair. But he fell. Everyone laughed.

“There seems to be a problem. Wait for a second. "said Martin.

He made another attempt to sit and fell again. The laughs continued.

Martin did not give up. He kept trying and fell to the ground.

He tried again and did not fall this time. Instead, he was floating in the air.

He finally experienced the magic.

Martin saw four of his friends, John, Abram, Juli, and Terry carrying him up so he would not fall.

While others whom Martin thought they are his friends had done nothing but make fun of him every time he fell.

Now he found out who are his real friends.

He informed his four friends about the bet and the procedure to find real friends. Everyone finds it a helpful tool.

Martin returned home and narrated the day’s story to his Father.

Father was happy that he could find his real friends. The next day he bought a new cycle for Martin.

Moral of the Story

We will meet many people in our life and spend a lot of time with them. But that doesn’t mean all of them are our friends.

A friend will stand by our side throughout our journey, whether it is a happy or a sad phase in our life.

It is not about the quantity of friends that matters. It is the quality of friends that matters.