CROSS OVER

Two boys ,-were facing schoo-final exam. One (B) was weak in studies and depended much on mercy of God while the othe one (A) was too confident and was like an atheist. ...The exam. approached fast and the weak one (B) took out a few coins from his savings , bought some sweets and flower , went to the temple , prayed to his Lord for kindness....and felt better since.
The othe (A) was preparing with self confidence ,was brighter in studies and even was a little bold . But suddenly it was annouced in news papers & TV that question- setting ,this year, will be made very tough to hold back unworthy students....
Both were shaken. B prayed more and A worked harder.
Due to hard preparation A got strained nerves and dreamt a bad dream where he saw his answer papers being swept away by storms and flood. Next morning A also went to the temple and offered gift and paryed to avoid unforseen effect. .......
Soon the exam was over and result declared. A pased with good marks and B failed inspite of his total faith in God.
Final result: B who failed lost faith in God and A became a believer (after his bad dream was neutralised by divine -Spirit, as he thought).
Now God was drawing the balance-sheet of loss of one devotee and gain of one beiever , totalling the zero result.
(condensed from my short story in 1970s)