Cold Joke | 019

One day, a pencil and an eraser went shopping together. The pencil saw a piece of clothing and said, "This looks so pretty, I want to try it on." The eraser replied, "You look the same in anything. You only have one style anyway – sharp." The pencil got annoyed. "Mind your own business. At least what I write has substance. What about you? You just erase other people's hard work." The eraser sneered, "What would you do if you made a mistake without me?" The pencil said, "I don't make mistakes." The eraser countered, "Remember when you wrote 'bird turtle' instead of 'turtle'? Who erased that for you?" The pencil was silent for three seconds, then said, "That was a slip of the pen." The eraser retorted, "A slip of the pen is still a mistake." Angry, the pencil turned to leave. As he walked, he accidentally bumped into a wall and broke his lead. The eraser shouted from behind, "See? You need me again, don't you?" The pencil stubbornly said, "No, I have spare leads." The eraser asked, "Whose bag are the spare leads in?" The pencil froze, rummaged through his bag, and found the spare leads were with the eraser. The pencil mumbled, "...Can I borrow them?" The eraser walked over with a smile and said, "You should have said so earlier. We're partners, not rivals." The pencil said, "Then can you stop erasing so hard every time? You're going to tear the paper." The eraser replied, "Then can you stop making mistakes every time?" The pencil said, "...Never mind." And so they continued to go to school together, take tests together, and get scolded by the teacher together. This story tells us that the best partners are often the ones who...