Once upon a time, Porcupine lived with his family in a neighbourhood of other small animals. He was the star because his spikes protected him from any attacks. His friends came to him for protection and they were never disappointed.
They all wanted to find out from him how anyone could make him cry because there was no place on his body that anyone could touch to hurt him. He always won all the fighting competitions, he was virtually a pin cushion, a thorn ball! He would tell his friends that his ability to win was a secret and that he was strong and invincible.
Then one day while Porcupine was playing with friends who were visiting, he misbehaved and his father decided to punish him with a whipping. He thought his father would wait till his friends were gone. When Father Porcupine pulled out the whip the other animals were surprised and thought, how could he possibly hurt him with that.
Suddenly he flipped Porcupine over and started whipping him on the belly. Porcupine cried and cried, and his friends were surprised at how much he cried. He was actually crying not so much for the pain as for the fact that he had been betrayed by his father. By whipping him in the presence of his friends his father has betrayed him and exposed his weak spot and Porcupine was hurt and didn’t understand why.
The moral of the story?
Guard your weak spot like a treasure.
It takes someone very close to you to betray you.
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