Robby wanted to grow up fast. He always complained about being not elder. His friends liked him but he wanted to join a group of college boys. One day, he put on makeup, moustache and glasses to look elder and joined the college boys. They did not suspect Robby of being a school boy and he loved being treated as an elder. One day, by mistake, his moustache came off. All the college boys started making fun of him for pretending. Robby ran to his old group of younger boys, crying. When he reached his group, they did not recognise him because of all the makeup and new hair-colour. They did not accept him and went away. Poor Robby realised, ‘Due to my foolishness, I lost the friends I had. Now, I am neither able to make new friends nor left with the old friends.’ Seeing that Robby had learnt his lesson, his friends accepted him back.
Pretence Never Works
