A Tale of two friends

Recently I was staying at mom's friends place. She told me an incident about another common friend of theirs which left me thinking sometimes people just don't like to use their brain, they keep it locked in locker. So what happened was, mom's friend was staying in Delhi and the common friend too was staying in the neighborhood. So when friend had to undergo some serious tumor operation, she had asked the whether the common friend would be there around for a few days, till she gets fine. But the common friend gave some excuses and moved off. Finally after the operation, she was taken care off by some nurse. What shocked the friend more was when she had asked her friend to stay, the other friend after giving excuses, just blankly said, "Oh! I won't be around during your tumor surgery, but surely I will help you, when you undergo a heart surgery." Now I was wondering would anyone in their senses talk such nonsense that too, to a friend. Well, for surely she learnt what their friendship meant. It’s truly said, when one goes through the tough times, can one recognize a friend coz a friend in need is a friend indeed.