A
Prosperous Kingdom ...
short story
Once upon a time there was a king who was ruling a kingdom with
prosperity and peace. He was so proud of himself of what he could
accomplish. He was not a believer in war and hence spent most of
his time building a defensive army unlike other kings who were venturing
to conquer new kingdom.
One day he decided to dress up like a common man and wanted to find
the feelings of the people by himself.
When he went around the kingdom he was very disturbed by what he
saw. He found that most of his wards were squandering away their
time by sleeping, chatting or playing.
He stopped by few of his wards and asked, ”How come you are
all not working?”
The people replied, ”Oh, our king loves peace and has built
us a prosperous kingdom. We have everything what we need and we
do not have to work for anything.“
The king was extremely worried with his wards behavior. He got extremely
confused. He created peace to help his wards to focus on constructive
activities however it appeared to be breeding satisfaction and laziness.
He returned to his palace and kept thinking about the happenings.
He did not want to change his approach and start waging war to keep
everyone occupied. At the same time, he wanted his wards to be motivated
and be useful to the kingdom and stop wasting their skills and time.
The next day he summoned his best minister and spoke to him about
his findings and sought his advice to solve this issue. The minister
said, “Do not worry, my lord. Give me a week and I will take
care of the situation for you”.
Not fully knowing what the minister is upto ,the king waited with
anxiety for a week. The next day after a week was over he dressed
up again like a common man and went around his kingdom. This time
he was surprised to find that every one was busy digging the ground
at various points along the travel path.
The king stopped again near some of his wards and asked, “What
are you all doing so busily?”
The people replied, “Oh, we came to know that our king has
hidden pots of gold all along the kingdom’s path and we are
digging to get it.”
With surprise and happiness on his face the king asked, “Who
said this and how do you know that the pot is hidden here?”
One of wards came forward with a sketch and explained to the king,
“Here is the sketch released by our ministry. The points identified
with “x” are the locations where the pots are hidden.”
The king could recognize the sketch as it was his suggestion to
dig wells along the travel path to help the travelers relax and
take rest. The wells were chosen nearer to dense trees so that the
travelers can find space to sleep too. The King was extremely pleased
to see what his minister has done. The minister had picked up one
of the welfare project and turned it into a curious treasure-hunt
game. As he rode back to his palace, he could not agree more with
his minister that the cure for boredom is curiosity.
[The
End]
The Golden Rules for Life ...
 "Time
is like river.
You can't touch the same water twice,
because the flow that has passed
will never pass again.
Enjoy every moment of life. ”
-Unknown
* The characters, settings and happenings are fiction only. |
