Question

give a story a lesson on and bad company

Answer 1

A rich man had only one son. The son fell into the bad company. He developed many bad habits.

The man was much worried about the habits of his son. He tried his best to mend his habits but he could not succeed. One day he thought of a plan to teach his son a lesson.

He went to market and purchased some fresh apples and a rotten one. He came back to his home and called his son. He asked his son to put all the apples along with the rotten one in the almirah.

The son did the same. After some days father asked his son to bring the apples. As he opened the door of almirah he was surprised to note that all the apples had become rotten. He felt sad.

At this his father told him to see how one rotten apple had spoiled all the rest. In the same way one bad companion could spoil all others. The father's advice had the desired effect. The boy gave up bad com­pany and became good again.

Moral:

Better alone than in bad company.

Answer 2

Latif was a sincere, punctual, studious, and obedient boy. His parents were proud of him. He showed brilliant performance in the matriculation examination. He was admitted in a renowned college at his town. Within some weeks of attending college, he came in contact with some bad boys who had the habits of smoking, drinking, fighting and using foul language. Latif began to accompany them and follow their life of freedom. His marks in the examinations began deteriorating. His father noticed this and grew tense. He identified the reason and wanted to teach his son through examples rather than words. He called him in one day. He gave him some good apples and told him to lay them aside. Then he places among them a rotten apple. The rotten apple spoiled the good ones within a few days. The father called his son again and showed it to him. Latif understood the underlying message. He repented for his misdeeds and promised to leave bad company.

Moral : We should stay away from bad company.