Theme: Pride, Kindness
The proud rose
Once upon a time there was a very beautiful rose. Her
beauty was admired by everyone and because of it she
felt really proud.
There was a cactus next to her, but they didn't live
well. Rose thought he was ugly and insulted him
frequently. The cactus, in return, preferred not to have
her as a neighbor.
Once, in the summertime, the well in the garden dried
up. All the plants there began to suffer from the lack
of water. The rose began to wither and lose her beauty.
One day a sparrow came to dip his beak into the cactus
wanting some water. The cactus managed to store a lot of
water and was the only one not suffering from drought.
Although embarrassed, the rose had no choice but to ask
the cactus if he could also give her some water. The
cactus was good and held no grudges. He knew how
difficult the situation was for the other plants. So, he
took pity on the suffering of the rose, which, in
addition to becoming ugly, was almost dying of thirst.
So, kindly, the cactus agreed to help the rose and they
both spent that difficult summer as friends. The rose
understood that being just beautiful was worth nothing
if she wasn't good inside, because the cactus had
something very valuable inside.
Materially he had water, but morally he had goodness and
that was the most important thing.
When the drought was gone, the rose became beautiful
again. But now she was beautiful inside, too, because
she had acquired humility.
She never insulted the cactus again and the two became
friends and lived happily in that garden.
Adapted from the text by Suelen Maistro,
from the website Mãe Pop
friends too. And life moved on...
Translation:
Larissa Martine - larissa_am@hotmail.com
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