Ralph was playing in the fields, while his nephew Joe was busy with his books.
Joe continued reading aloud and earned the praise of Ralph's mother for being meticulous in his studies, while Ralph was busy flying kites and running helter skelter.
Ralph's mother observed that Ralph sat for very short spells and studied subjects she knew so little of as he rarely read his lessons aloud.
Came results, and to everyone's astonishment Ralph was promoted to the higher division, while Joe was asked to repeat the class.
It was then that Joe's father called both Ralph and Joe, to understand why Joe could not be promoted, despite being studious.
In course of conversing , he unveiled the reasons of failure.
While Ralph read subjects he knew little of and tried to memorize the matter in silence, Joe would read aloud the same text day-in day-out. The other subjects were all on the back burner.
Joe's father reprimanded Joe, telling him to study what he does not know, rather than impress the family by reading aloud what he knows.
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