Proud Red Rose

 

One stunning spring day a purple rose blossomed in a wooded area. As the rose appeared around, a pine tree close by said, "What a stunning flower! I desire I changed into that lovely." Another tree said, "Dear pine, do now no longer be sad. We can not have everything."

The rose grew to become and remarked, "It appears that I am the maximum stunning flower on this wooded area."

A sunflower raised its yellow head and requested, "Why do you are saying that? In this wooded area there are numerous stunning flowers. You are simply certainly considered one among them."

The purple rose responded, "I see every person searching at me and admiring me." Then the rose checked out a cactus and said, "Look at that unpleasant plant complete of thorns!"

The pine tree said, "Red rose, what type of speak is this? Who can say what splendor is? You have thorns too."

The proud purple rose appeared angrily on the pine and said, "I notion you had proper taste! You do now no longer recognize what splendor is at all. You can not examine my thorns to that of the cactus."

"What a proud flower," notion the trees.

The rose attempted to transport its roots farfar from the cactus, however it couldn't move. As the times passed, the purple rose might study the cactus and say insulting things, like 'this plant is useless. How sorry I am to be his neighbor.'

The cactus by no means were given disenchanted or even attempted to propose the rose, saying, "God did now no longer create any shape of lifestyles with out a purpose."

Spring passed, and the climate have become very warm. Life have become tough withinside the wooded area, as there has been no rain. The purple rose started to wilt.

One day the rose noticed sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus after which fly away, refreshed. This changed into puzzling, and the purple rose requested the pine tree what the birds have been doing. The pine tree defined that the birds have been getting water from the cactus.

"Does it now no longer harm once they make holes?" requested the rose.

Short Stories - Sparrow"Yes, however the cactus does now no longer want to see the birds suffer," responded the pine.

The rose opened its eyes in marvel and exclaimed, "The cactus has water?"

"Yes, you may additionally drink from it. The sparrow can convey water to you in case you ask the cactus for help."

The purple rose felt too ashamed to invite for water from the cactus, however ultimately it did ask for help. The cactus kindly agreed. The birds crammed their beaks with water and watered the rose's roots.

Thus the rose found out a lesson and by no means judged everyone with the aid of using their look again.