So is Kundan, he poses to be my
friend, though I would not like to associate with him. He has very bad habit of
gambling, he is a first rate gambler. They say he also drinks. His bad company has
ruined the life of his many friends. He is not at all trustworthy. He will tell
a lie when it suits him. His teachers do not like him; his parents are tired of
his rude behavior and always wish that he would remain away from them. They
are really ashamed of having such a worthless son.
Such so-called friends bring only
trouble and misery to their companions. Adversity is the touch-stone of
friendship. It tries friends as fire tries gold. Adversity offers an
opportunity to a friend to prove his worth. But a false or bad friend will
always be found wanting and would never rise to the occasion. At every step he
will deceive you and put you in trouble.
A true friend relieves our
hardship, but a bad friend will be pleased to see us in hot waters. A real
friend will console and help us in our grief, but Kundan, my bad friend, always
feels pleasure in seeing his friends or relations in trouble and grief. He
never gives any good counsel to those who seek the same from him. He will, on the
other hand, give them such a bad counsel as will land them in trouble. May God save
us from such friends?
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