Once there lived a small girl named Rani in a village. She was exceedingly beautiful and too proud of her looks. She hardly played with other children in the neighbourhood, because she thought none of them are fit to mingle with her as they were so plain looking.
One day this proud and beautiful girl was sitting alone in the recess period at school, while other children played around. There was a girl called Meena who lived near Rani's home and studied in the same school. Meena was dark and plain, looking. She had none of the charms of the Rani's. As Rani was sitting alone, Meena approached her and asked her to join them in a Kho-Kho match. Rani indignantly refused "I don't want to have anything to do with you, just leave me alone." While other children were very angry, Meena pacified them and they kept to themselves.
A few days later, there was the annual picnic at school. All the girls planned beforehand how they were going to enjoy the day with great foods, games etc. Nobody included Rani in the group, nor did she want to be included.
The picnic was actually a trekking through a hilly terrain and forests. All the girls made groups and started trekking while Rani had no partner. Meena did come and asked Rani to be her partner but Rani did not want to join such an ordinary girl in trek. After an adventurous journey to the hill top, started the descent, which was even more risky since it had started raining. All the girls were busy, chattering away, holding each others hands to keep their balance. Nobody even noticed that Rani was not in the group. In fact she had a nasty fall while climbing down and landed up in a narrow road side ditch. She had a sprain and could not walk. She cried for help, but since she was not in the group, nobody heard her. By now Rani was very scared. Then all of a sudden she heard somebody calling out by her name. It was Meena. Rani quickly responded. Meena found her and held out a hand to help Rani come out of the ditch. She bandaged Rani's ankle with her scarf and helped her to limp back to the group. But for Meena, Rani would perhaps have been left behind in the ditch!
It was that day Rani learned a lesson never to judge anyone by the appearance.