Some pretty people have a pretty mind too

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  .”