Some pretty people
have a pretty mind too
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(The original was written possibly by subha sri who has posted a suitable picture for this story. This has also been posted by very many other people.Apart from
translating her post I am borrowing the
picture she has posted. Thanks to her)
Vasanthi was a
beauty , slim and fair in colour,
And her Mala was
brownish and slightly stout,
Vasanthi used to
wear modern fashionable dresses,
And Mala used to dress
clean but not costly dress
They both used to
travel in a local train to their office,
And as soon they sit
Vasanthi would start reading
beauty tips ,
And Mala , slightly spiritual used to read
stotra books,
To avoid
boredom from hearing beauty
tips.
After they get down , they had to go
through an over bridge,
And Vasanthi daily used to approach a person with
weighing machine ,
Pay rupees two
weigh herself and tell Mala ,
how,
She has put on
weight and how she should reduce food.
That day
Vasanthi did not take any
lunch , took fruit juice,
And Mala unable
to bear the vanity of a friend
shouted at her ,
“You are pretty
and do not need to see
weight twice daily,
While coming to
office and while going
back home.”
Vasanthi with a smile
patted the back of her friend and said,
“Have you ever observed
the man who keeps the
weighing machine,
Possibly you may not know that he is blind and
is doing this job,
Instead of begging
and out of pity, I am seeing my weight twice .”
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