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The jealous reactions of one person to the success of

a friend

The jealous reactions of one person to the success of

a friend

“We used to go to school together, sit together, eat

together from a plate, talk over the telephone every night

and even spend our weekends together,” thought Diana

as she walked sulkily home from school She was thinking

about her closest friend Liza who had suddenly decided to

end their established friendship

This was how it happened Diana was a favorite among

her teachers She was very much respected by her

schoolmates Diana, a very bright student who was always

top in standard was befriended by Liza, the school’s best

athlete Everybody knew that both of them were

inseparable

It so happened that a student from Primary Six needed to

be chosen as the assistant secretary of the school’s sports

department She was to represent the students of primary

four, five and six at any meeting held in preparation of the

school’s coming sports meet

The teachers had unanimously chosen Diana because of

her popularity among the other students Besides, she

could speak very well Liza was not chosen because the

teacher thought that she would be very busy with her

practice as she would be running in a few events during

the sports day

When the choice was announced, Diana was cheered

tremendously by the students However, Liza’s face

became pale; she excused herself and hurried away from

the assembly ground Diana was not able to follow her as

she was surrounded by the others When school was

dismissed, Diana waited for Liza at the school gate When

she did not turn up after half an hour, Diana went to look

for her Surprisingly she was nowhere to be found

Thinking that she must have hurried home to attend some

personal matters, Diana walked home alone That night

Diana telephoned her friend to inquire about her

However, Liza made up some excuses to hang up the

telephone Diana believed her and readily excused her

In school, the next day, Liza avoided Diana as much as

possible In class, she had to sit beside Diana but she kept

quiet all along During the break, Liza went off to the

canteen without waiting for Diana Diana saw her at the

canteen, eating with another girl Then only did she realize

that something must be wrong The more she thought the

more her mind suggested to her the possible reasons At

last she gave up and sat on a bench and ate her

sandwiches

As she was eating, two girls passed b and she overheard

them talking The mention of her name made her strain

her neck and try to catch a few words from their

conversation What a shock she had when she finally

pieced the information together Liza was actually jealous

of her position as the student’s representative in the sport

department Diana could not believe that such a trivial

matter could cause this heart-aching break

Diana thought about the matter again as she walked

home She decided that Liza had to come to a self

realization She must realize that friendship should be

cherished above all Diana felt that she should give up her

new post if that would patch up the hole in their

relationship But… that would only pamper Liza and would

not make her realize her folly She continued her walk

deep in thought