During a class, the teacher asked John what the capital of France was. Unfortunately, John didn't know the answer. The teacher asked him to get out of the class and report to the Principal. John was flabbergasted at this since he did not think that not knowing the capital of France was such a big deal. So he dejectedly went to the Principal's office.
When he entered the Pricipal's office, the principal asked him the reason for him being there. John replied,"I was unable to tell the capital of France. Sir, do you think it is such a big deal?" Mr. Sanders was infuriated. He said,"John, how can you not know the capital of France? You are a disgrace to this good name of this school. You are suspended from the school henceforth. Please leave immediately." John dejectedly started for his house with a forlorn expression on his face. The school bus driver asked him why he was out of school so early. He narrated the entire episode. On hearing this, the man said, "Shame on you! You don't know the capital of France. Kid, your future is doomed. One more thing, a kid like you doesn't deserve a ride home. He should walk home." So, John trudged home near to tears.
When he reached home, he was sweating wet. He met his sister, Jill, who was on her way to her college. She asked him the reason for him being home so early and why was he in such a sorry state. He burst out, "I didn't know the capital of France, so I was sent to the Pricipal who kicked me out of the school and then I had to walk home as the bus driver refused me a ride home. Don't you think this sucks." Jill replied, "The only thing that sucks is that I have a brother like you who doesn't know the capital of France. I don't even wanna talk to you." John protested,"But Jill, please tell me the capital of France." Jill didn't reply and walked off with a snort.
When John walked into his home, his dad asked him the same question as Jill had asked. He again narrated the whole incident. His dad replied, "I'm ashamed of you. You are not a good son. Get out of my house immediately. You're not worthy of being my son. Don't show your face here again." He tried to get sympathy from hi mother but her mother shared the same sentiments as his dad.
By now John had lost his cool and he went to the High Court and filed a lawsuit against his school. After the hearing facts, the Judge's decision was, "After hearing both sides of the story, the court has decided that the accused are not guilty and the plaintiff is at fault himself as he should have known the Capital of France. The case is dismissed." When the Governor of the state heard of this incident, he asked his secretary to have John exiled from his state. By now all the newspapers had published this incident and when the President came to know about this, he asked John personally to leave the country and also added that his citizenship had been relinquished. He was made to board a plane to an unknown destination.
On the flight, a sweet looking air hostess asked John why he was so grumpy. When he narrated the whole incident, she looked shocked. John said, "Don't you think everyone as been a beast to me?" She said, "Absolutely not! How come you don't know the capital of France. I'm afraid you will have to jump out of the aircraft. We can't let a person like you to fly with us. You will tarnish our reputation. We will do you a favour. We will give a parachute and give you a crash course on how to use it."
After receiving the lesson on using the parachute, John was pushed off the aircraft. John landed without any problem on a field. Now, he was fuming and saw a farmer staring at him. He asked the farmer, "What was so important about the capital of France?" The farmer replied, "Why don't you cross the field and find out. The capital is just beyond the boundary of this field." John was overjoyed and started running towards the boundary of the field. On approaching the boundary, he found a sign which read "100 mts to Capital". John started to cross the road but alas a speeding car ran him over.
Now that you have read the whole story, do you know the moral of the story is? Read on....
LOOK LEFT AND THEN AGAIN RIGHT AND THEN AGAIN LEFT WHEN YOU ARE CROSSING THE ROAD, IF JOHN HAD DONE THIS, THEN HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN RUN OVER.
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