The Tale of the Pencil

A  boy  named  Raj  was  upset  because  he  had  done  poorly  in  his  English  test.  He  was  sitting  in  his  room  when  his  grandmother  came  and  comforted  him.  His  grandmother  sat  beside  him  and  gave  him  a  pencil.  Raj  looked  at  his  grandma  puzzled  and  said  he  didn't  deserve  a  pencil.  After  his  performance  in  the  test,  his  grandma  explained  you  can  learn  many  things  from  this  pencil  because  it  is  just  like  you.

It  experiences  a  painful  sharpening.  Just  the  way  you  have  experienced  the  pain  of  not  doing  well  on  your  test.  However,  it  will  help  you  be  a  better  student.  Just  as  all  the  good  that  comes  from  the  pencil  is  from  within  itself,  you  will  also  find  the  strength  to  overcome  this  hurdle.  And  finally,  just  as  this  pencil  will  make  its  mark  on  any  surface,  you  too  shall  leave  your  mark  on  anything  you  choose  to.

Raja  was  immediately  consoled  and  promised  himself  that  he  would  do  better.