40. Story: A Merchant and his Fair-weather Friends, Prosperity Gains Friends While Adversity Tries Them, (9th/1st Year/BA/B. Sc) by AG Ahmad

 

Moral Story No: 40

A Merchant and his Fair-weather Friends

Prosperity Gains Friends While Adversity Tries Them.

             Once, there was a rich merchant in a big city. He had many friends who often came to him. These friends praised him a lot. The merchant gave them parties and was very kind to them. The number of his friends went on increasing.

           It so happened that the merchant's two ships sank in the sea. They were bringing his goods of trade.  Now, he did not have enough things in his shops to sell. He needed money to buy more goods. He went to his rich friends to borrow some money. Each of them refused to lend him any.

They even did not like to talk to him now. Most of them asked their servants to tell him that they were not at home. He came to understand finally that they were his friends as long as he had a lot of money.

           Now, the merchant thought of telling his friends the truth about them. He invited them to a party at his house. He got some covered dishes placed on the tables. When the guests were all

seated, he asked them to take up the covers from the dishes. When they picked them up, they found warm water in them. The merchant cursed his guests and told them they were all fair-weather friends. They all returned disappointed. The story teaches us the lesson that prosperity gains friends while adversity or poverty tries them.

Moral: Prosperity Gains Friends While Adversity Tries Them.

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