An elderly Russain woman had two kids, Adrian and Maxim, each of them was very sharp in his skills, memorisation abilities, a complete bookworm while the other one was not so good in studies and spent most of his time leisurely, playing games, respectively.
So, one day the boys came home, Adrian being happy as always, as had scored A grade in the course assessment. Maxim was in a bad mood, not because he didn't make it till mark but his classmates making fun of him for not adjusting in the society levels. They both had sports week coming ahead.
Maxim's mom asked him, 'honey! What's the issue in not participating in the sports week?' He responded, 'I don't feel in my full energy' but his mother knew the reason. Obviously, it was because of his 'so called friends'. Somehow, his mother convinced him to atleast attend the program.
As the boys reached the school, Adrian started having back spasms, as he didn't do warmup showing over efficiency. As his replacement, Maxim was asked to take part in race and represent their class but he was scared down to earth. His mom encouraged him,'this is your chance to prove everyone wrong that not only reading books and memorizing facts make you good enough. Go out there and show the world what you're capable of'. This pumped up Maxim and he gave all his blood and sweat, winning the race, surprisingly. That's because he was fit physically and had out door activities.
Just because someone doesn't fits our standards of stereotypes doesn't mean that they are useless, they can be best in many aspects that we can't even imagine.
Moral: Never underestimate others
This story was inspired by the rabbit and tortoise tale.
Original Blog/Post by Hania Alvi
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