Pride Brings Disaster

Pride is said to be one of the worst enemies of man. Man uses pride as a quality which differentiates him from others. Many a times, this pride of his becomes the root cause of all his problems. Here, is a small incident which shows the truth of this statement.

Priya, a beautiful girl of 17 years, was proud of her beauty. People had to admit that she was indeed beautiful than the other girls of her class. She was so proud that she did not even respect her teachers and called them to be incapable and inefficient. She felt humiliating to call her teachers 'sir' or 'madam’. Her friends were all those who were beautiful. She did not want to talk to ugly girls.

In Priya's class, there was an ugly girl, Rekha. Priya used to call her "UGLY DUCKLING". Her friends used to pass comments which used to hurt Rekha very much, for instance, “HERE COMES THE UGLY DUCKLING OF THE CLASS!” But Rekha never expressed her sorrow over these comments. She felt that someday Priya and her friends would change their behavior. And one day this really happened.

It was Friday and Priya had her practicals. Their Chemistry teacher was explaining them how to do a particular experiment involving concentrated nitric acid. She also warned the students that concentrated nitric acid was a very strong acid and if it came in contact with the body it may corrode the body tissues. But Priya instead of paying heed to the teacher's advice started doing the experiment herself. Rekha saw this and asked Priya not to start the experiment .To this advice of Rekha, Priya replied, " YOU, AN UGLY DUCKLING, HAVE GOT THE GUTS TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO.JUST SHUT UP AND MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!" Rekha did not say anything further and kept quiet. Priya started doing the experiment hastily and due to this hastiness of her, some acid accidentally fell on her face. Priya screamed and fell down unconscious. The teacher immediately took Priya to the nearest hospital.

After a few hours, Priya came into her senses and when she saw her face, she got the shock of her life. It was not the same beautiful face which Priya had before the accident. It was totally corroded. Priya's friends started teasing Priya by calling her "SCARY FACED CROW”. This made Priya very much depressed and at this moment Rekha offered her FRIENDSHIP to Priya and till now Rekha and Priya are BEST FRIENDS and everyone gives an example of their friendship.

But everyone in this world will not be as lucky as Priya.

So, from this incident it is clear that Pride is the worst enemy of man and so one should never be too proud of oneself!