I, along with me friends, was sitting in the ground. I was bored to sit quietly. Suddenly my friend Susan started to tell us about someone. She started to praise as if that person was the queen of the universe. Surprisingly she was praising about her stubborn attitude. It was really weird. What kind of a person praises about stubborn attitude. Praising about studies, beauty, attitude, innocence—all this is ok. But why should she praise as if she was the only person on earth who studies really well, or who is so beautiful like an angel?

Further, what made really angry was that she withheld the name, and yet she was continuously talking about her. I wanted to sob, because my best friend was praising someone else so generously in front of me. At one point I thought why I should even listen to this nonsense. I thought of going out of the ground. But suddenly a feeling came over and stopped me. When someone is so special to my best friend why should I humiliate her by leaving the ground? So, reluctantly, I kept listening to her. Frankly, I was jealous of the person in question, when Susan said she is beautiful, studies well, displays good attitude. On one hand I was curious to know who that person is, and on the other hand, jealous and sad too. Finally I couldn’t control myself and started yelling at Susan so badly that she stopped talking and her expressions faded. Seeing me like this, all my friends burst out laughing; I was very frustrated and screamed even more loudly and rashly. “What on earth is making you to laugh like this? Am I performing a comedy skit or what?” They all together retorted, “Susan was praising you!” I suddenly went pink and sat quietly without even blinking eyes; It was very embarrassing. When I looked at Susan ignorantly, she laughed. Thinking it over it felt really funny. All that time I was feeling of jealous myself!

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Written by

Durga Bhavani

Class 9

December 2019