Never Judge Anyone By Appearance
One beautiful spring day, a red rose blossomed in a forest. Many kinds of trees and plants grew there.
As the rose looked around, a pine tree nearby said, "What a beautiful flower. I wish I was that lovely."
Another tree said, "Dear pine, do not be sad, we cannot have everything."
The rose turned its head and remarked, "It seems that I am the most beautiful plant in this forest."
A sunflower raised its yellow head and asked, "Why do you say that? In this forest there are many beautiful plants. You are just one of them."
The red rose replied, "I see everyone looking at me and admiring me." Then the rose looked at a cactus and said, "Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!"
The pine tree said, "Red rose, what kind of talk is this? Who can say what beauty is? You have thorns too."
The proud red rose looked angrily at the pine and said, "I thought you had good taste! You do not know what beauty is at all. You cannot compare my thorns to that of the cactus."
What a proud flower, thought the trees.
The rose tried to move its roots away from the cactus, but it could not move. As the days passed, the red rose would look at the cactus and say insulting things like "This plant is useless. How sorry I am to be his neighbour."
The cactus never got upset and he even tried to advise the rose, saying "God did not create any form of life without a purpose."
Spring passed and the weather became very warm. Life became difficult in the forest as the plants and animals needed water but no rain fell. The red rose began to wilt.
One day, the rose saw sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus and then fly away, refreshed.
This was puzzling, and the red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing.
The pine tree explained that "the birds got water from the cactus."
"Does it not hurt when they make holes?" asked the rose.
"Yes, but the cactus does not like to see any birds suffer," replied the pine.
The rose opened its eyes in wonder and said, "The cactus has water."
"Yes, you can also drink from it. The sparrow can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help."
The red rose felt too ashamed of its past words and behaviour to ask for water from the cactus, but then it finally did ask the cactus for help.
The cactus kindly agreed and the birds filled their beaks with water and watered the rose's roots.
Thus, the rose learned a lesson: never judge anyone by their appearance.
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好久没有来做任何分享了。这篇故事是月莉小姐和我们分享的。是一篇非常有启发性的故事。
我们是否也犯了相同的错误？是不是也会以貌取人？有些时候，内在的美才是真正的美。
大家加油！
^_^g
As the rose looked around, a pine tree nearby said, "What a beautiful flower. I wish I was that lovely."
Another tree said, "Dear pine, do not be sad, we cannot have everything."
The rose turned its head and remarked, "It seems that I am the most beautiful plant in this forest."
A sunflower raised its yellow head and asked, "Why do you say that? In this forest there are many beautiful plants. You are just one of them."
The red rose replied, "I see everyone looking at me and admiring me." Then the rose looked at a cactus and said, "Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!"
The pine tree said, "Red rose, what kind of talk is this? Who can say what beauty is? You have thorns too."
The proud red rose looked angrily at the pine and said, "I thought you had good taste! You do not know what beauty is at all. You cannot compare my thorns to that of the cactus."
What a proud flower, thought the trees.
The rose tried to move its roots away from the cactus, but it could not move. As the days passed, the red rose would look at the cactus and say insulting things like "This plant is useless. How sorry I am to be his neighbour."
The cactus never got upset and he even tried to advise the rose, saying "God did not create any form of life without a purpose."
Spring passed and the weather became very warm. Life became difficult in the forest as the plants and animals needed water but no rain fell. The red rose began to wilt.
One day, the rose saw sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus and then fly away, refreshed.
This was puzzling, and the red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing.
The pine tree explained that "the birds got water from the cactus."
"Does it not hurt when they make holes?" asked the rose.
"Yes, but the cactus does not like to see any birds suffer," replied the pine.
The rose opened its eyes in wonder and said, "The cactus has water."
"Yes, you can also drink from it. The sparrow can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help."
The red rose felt too ashamed of its past words and behaviour to ask for water from the cactus, but then it finally did ask the cactus for help.
The cactus kindly agreed and the birds filled their beaks with water and watered the rose's roots.
Thus, the rose learned a lesson: never judge anyone by their appearance.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
好久没有来做任何分享了。这篇故事是月莉小姐和我们分享的。是一篇非常有启发性的故事。
我们是否也犯了相同的错误？是不是也会以貌取人？有些时候，内在的美才是真正的美。
大家加油！
^_^g
