Good Friends

Ryan and his parents lived in a beautiful house in a small town.

Ryan was their only child and they wished all goodness and good behavior for him.

But there was something which bothered Ryan's father very much. It was Ryan's
friends who were very arrogant.

His friends didn't want to go to school,they whiled away time roaming around places
and also developed bad habits.

Ryan's dad was worried even more to see his dear son,friends with them.

He said

"Son,you are a wonderful child,but your company of friends are not well mannered
good kids.I'am afraid you w'll develop bad habits from them."

But Ryan considered his friendship more important and did not listen to his father.
His father wanted him to understand the seriousness of what he was advising.

Next day,Ryan's dad took him to the market place to buy fruits.
He picked four good apples and one rotten apple from the market.

Ryan was confused and asked
"Dad, why did you take that rotten apple?
No one can eat that anyway."

Dad said
"Wait till tomorrow morning my son. You will understand
why I did that."
Ryan was very eager to see what will happen the next day.

That night Ryan's father placed the good apples in one basket
and placed the rotten apple in the middle and went to bed.

Next morning Ryan woke up and walked to the basket to see what happened.
He was surprised to see that the rest of the apples have started to rot.
He ran to his father and said
"Dad, you did a miatake.You kept the rotten apple with the good ones and
now all of them are rotting."

Dad said
"I know it Ryan. But what do you understand by this?"
Ryan said
"You must not keep the rotten fruit with good ones.
The bad one will spoil the good ones and we can not eat any of it."

Dad said
"Exactly my son,same thing implies to your friendship too Even if there is one bad person in the friends group they will change the rest.
So bad company is harmful to you."

Dad also said
"You are a wonderful kid,we know that you will not choose the wrong
path in life.But just like the apple story bad company will ruin your life too."

Ryan hugged his father and said

"Thank you dad for teaching me this.
I promise I will be a good kid and avoid bad company."