I have picked “The Devoted Friend” for this task. I picked up this tale 

because of the story flow and the moral the author tried to indicate.

This story tells us about the one-sided friendship between Hans and 

Miller where devoted one was Hans on the other side Miller was just an

opportunist.

I liked this story because it showed the outcome of a one sided 

friendship. There Hans always treated Miller as a best friend. He always 

visited him with flowers, fruits and herbs from his garden but on the 

other side Miller never came down to visit Hans even he was starving to

death. All he did just talking about good friendship but he never did 

anything for the sake of their relationship. Once Miller wanted to give 

his old wheelbarrow to Hans. Hans was very happy about that but in 

exchange Miller made him runs his errands by him(Hans). But at the 

end, in the sense of repaying him(Miller) for a thing which he(Hans) 

never had he given his life. So in the name of so-called friendship Hans 

lost his precious life but a selfish person like Miller had no regret about 

that. 

As a moral of the story I think the author showed us the dangerous side 

of a one-sided so called friendship. We should not lose our self for the 

sake of the other people. When there is no consideration between two 

people one person is dominating that cannot be a relation. A good 

friendship builds when friends help each other in the crisis and share 

their feelings. If its not then we should get out of that kind of friendship

before we lose something precious from our selve.