The parable of the python and the cigarette

Another campfire story from a student on our Polytechnic excursion. This is from Christopher, who was explaining how it is often hard to tell people why you are asking for help. It's actually a thought-provoking story about real life. It is hard for us to explain why we need help, sometimes, isn't it?

There was a man who needed to build a house. He was gathering reeds in the river in a wooden canoe. He was doing well until a python fell into his boat.

He couldn't jump into the river, because the crocodiles would get him. So, he was stuck out on the tip of his canoe as the python came closer and closer.

The man saw his friend in a canoe down the river. He knew that he couldn't ask him to come save him from the python, because his friend would be scared of the python. His friend would never come save him.

So, he asked his friend to come give him a light for his cigarette. The friend came, and he quickly jumped onto his boat and was saved from the python.

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