Friday, June 10, 2011

The king

Once upon a time, there was a king. He needs help and his children want to help their father. One day, he was deeply in thought. His oldest son comes in.

The oldest son looks at the king. He pauses for a moment and says, "how's everything?"

The king replies, "Not good."
The oldest son says gently, "Is there any way I can help?"

The king replies, "Our country is poor. I just walk around the countryside. The children don't have shoes. They don't go to school. They don't seem to have enough to eat. There are so many things that we need to do but I don't know where to start."

The oldest son says, "Father, I believe that in order to get the country become better. We need to fulfill the basic elements."
The king looks at his son and says, "what basic element?"
The oldest son says, "Well, The first thing is to always have food on the table. The second element would be always have warm cloth. The 3rd element is have a place to live. The fourth element is able to either walk, ride horse to any other part of the country."

The king thought for a while, "well, it seems a lot of people are always hungry. As a king, what can I do?" The daughter overheard the whole conversation.
The daughter says, "A lot of people have nothing to eat. We need to get people to farm."

The king becomes miserable again, "I know I am a king but I don't want to force people into anything." The second son overheard the conversation.
The second son says, "Oh, why not tell everybody that whoever farm the land will eventually have the land. We have so much land on our hand."

The king was happy. A lot of young man who is out of work signs up for the farming. Gradually, every one in this country have enough food to eat.

Move forward my friend
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Each person has talent. If we use each person's talent correctly, it will benefit the mankind. In this story, the king's three children all have their talents. The oldest son can pinpoint the basic need for mankind. The daughter can see that they need to move people into agriculture. The second son have ideas on how to voluntarily get people to work on the farm. Get all talents together and we can work miracles.

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