"Thambaru,
Why did you do that?"

කුණු ගොඩක් අස්සෙ නම් රිංගන්න වුනේ නෑ. කාරෙකට නැගලා දොර වහගත්ත ගමන් අයියගෙ ප්‍රශ්න පත්තරේ දිගෑරගත්තා.

"Do what?"

"Why did you scare that man?
And why didn't you pay him?"

"Well, he was a headache.
He asked me if I had a girlfriend!
I hate that!
I have the most wonderful boyfriend in the whole world Happy Pill.
So why should he ask me about such nonsense?"

ඇත්තටමයි මම කිව්වෙ.
ඔය චීත්ත වගේ හැම මගුලම අවුස්සන ඩයල් මට පේන්නම බෑ. අනික කෙල්ලෙක් නැද්ද කියලා අහන එවුන්!
මෙච්චර මේ හුරතල් බෝලයක් මගෙ ලඟ ඉද්දි මට මොකටද # කෙල්ලො!

"Thambaru!
He was just making conversation!
It's a normal thing to do.
If you didn't like it you could have just ignored!
Why do you have to scare and cheat on people?"

"It was just for fun
He didn't have to make such a big fuss about it!"

"Patiyo!
What you did is wrong.
I know you wasn't thinking it through.
But you should never make fun of others.
That man's mom is sick.
And he's the only one looking after her.
If he loses one hire, things are gonna be difficult for both of them."

"He was lying ayye!
You are just too good.
You don't understand how people manipulate you!"

"Yes, it could be.
But what if he said the truth?
What if something terrible happened to his mother because of what you did?
We have to give back what we took Thambaru.
We have to be honest in what we do.
Others may lie and try to cheat.
That's ok.
They may not have got the chance to learn good manners.
But we shouldn't be like that Patiyo...
We have to respect everybody.
Even if they are terrible we have to respect them.
Because all of us go through so much.
We always have to be kind!"

"Why did you give that watch to him?
You could have given it to me!"

"Yes,
I will!
Actually I will give you a better watch!
But only if you promise me to respect others.
Promise not to harass or make fun of people!"

හ්ම්....
ඉඳලා හිටලා පොඩි ෆන් එකක් ගත්තට මක් වෙනවද අප්පා!
චූටියත් එක්ක බෑනෙ ඉතින්.

"Can you promise me Snowdrop?"

"I.... I don't know!"

"Ok think like this.
What if someone prank me on a weekend saying they are really sick and need to go to the hospital?
So I had to postpone seeing you and had to take care of this person only to find out the whole thing was a lie.
This someone thinks it was funny and would keep doing it repeatedly.
How would you feel then?"

"I'd feel you are too dumb to believe this someone!"

ඇයි අනේ!
මොන මගුලක්ද!

"Why am I even trying this Thambaru???!!!
Ok!
Do as you wish!
But just remember I'm heart broken.
Each time you wrong someone, I'd pay them back a hundred times more.
I'd even work myself to death.
But I'd never let anyone call you a cheater!

Wear your seat belt Thambaru.
It's already dark and I don't want you to walk alone."

"But what if your father sees you?"

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