“86th story”
A Wise man had a guest in his house when someone knocked on his door.
The judge of the town had sent a messenger to invite the Wise man for dinner.
The Wise man told the messenger: “Please thank the judge for his kindness, but it would be impolite to leave my guest at home, so I have to refuse.”
The messenger came back after a while and said: “The judge invited your guest as well.”
The Wise man and his guest went to the big mansion of the judge.
Most of the important people of the town walked in one by one. Everyone sat on the floor.
The servants spread a long cloth and set the plates and food on them. People ate and talked. After that, the servants cleaned up and brought fruits to everyone.
The Wise man’s guest took a knife out of his pocket to cut the fruit with. The knife grabbed everyone’s attention with its unique handle made of pure gold decorated with some valuable rubies and emeralds.
A man stood up to the judge and claimed that the knife belonged to his father. He said: “We are six brothers. We are all here and they are my witness. This knife belongs to us. It was lost for a long time, now we know who stole it.”
The Wise man and his guest immediately realized that the six brothers were lying and just wanted to have that valuable knife.
The problem was that the six brothers were popular in the town so it was very hard to convince the Judge that they were liars and thieves.
The Wise man stood up and explained to the judge: “My guest is a very close friend of mine. I know all about this knife and yes, their story is true and the knife isn’t his. His father was a great, honest merchant and when he was traveling from one town to another, a group of bandits attacked him, took all his belongings and stabbed the merchant in the heart with this knife.
They ran away when others came to help and the knife stayed in the merchant’s heart. My guest was a young man at that time. He took the knife out of his father’s dead body, held onto it all these years, presented it in every big gathering, just to find the real owner to determine who was his father’s murderer. Thank God that we found the owner and we are in front of the most honest judge that I know.”
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Quite interesting. But I thought the wise man would not let go the golden knife 🤔
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I believe he knew the knife is gone so he had to come up with this story. This way the 6 brothers may say oh, so this isn’t our knife. Thanks for reading dear.
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❤️
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Oh my I love that plot twist
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Thanks Bella sweetheart.
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No problem. You write wonderful stories
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You are awesome.
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Interesting fable. Enjoyed reading it.
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Thanks Tom, appreciate it.
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Clever story. You could give Aesop a run for his money. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Thanks for reading dear and sharing your comment.
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Reblogged this on lampmagician and commented:
That is Wisdom 👍❤
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Thanks so much dear.
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Great Wiseman 😊❤🙏❤
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Great friend you are.🙏❤️
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As you 🙏❤
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❤️
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Excellent, so witty. Wonderful read. 🍒
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Thanks so much dear, appreciate your kindness.
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What a twist in the tale! 👌
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Thanks Jaya dear for reading and commenting.
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L’avidità è una brutta bestia e questa è Una bella dimostrazione di come arriva sempre il momento in cui si paga il conto .
Grazie carissima.
shera 🌹
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Thanks for beautiful comment dear, have a great weekend.❤️
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Great weekend to you sweet Laleh 🌹💙
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Thanks honey.❤️
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I love that story. It reminds me of a aimilar story that forms part of the Irish collection of (believed to be) )bronze-age myths. One wonders if they have the same source.
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That’s so interesting. Of course tales pass around the world and words twist, but same message spread. Appreciate you reading and commenting dear.
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Clever
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Thanks Derrick dear for reading and commenting.
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I loved the story.. Intresting 👍
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Thanks so much dear, means a lot.
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You are always welcome 💕
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❤️
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Wonderful anecdote.
We are surrounded by the people who always keep an evil eye on whatever we have. That man was lucky as he had a wise friend,but most of us face the situation alone.
Be ware evil people. 👹
God bless all of us.
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I was just telling my husband the same thing, how interesting. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughtful comment dear.
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My pleasure.
It shows positivity travels through minds. 🌹🌹😻
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Thanks.:-)
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Mentione not 🌹🌹😻😻
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Eeek! That’s an exciting one.
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Thanks Joy dear, appreciate your visit.
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Another wonderful morality tale!
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You’re so kind my dear friend. Appreciate your visit.❤️
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What an unexpected turn of events! Love your story, Laleh 🙂
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You’re so sweet Rosaliene. Thanks for reading and commenting.❤️
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Was the judge the murderer?
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Lol, no one was murdered. The wise man made that story so they could keep the knife or put the liars in jail. Thanks John.❤️
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Laleh, you have written a beautiful story. I enjoyed how it ended. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for your kindness dear. Appreciate your heart warming comment.❤️
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A very clever plot. Love it☺️
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Thanks for reading dear, appreciate your comment.❤️
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What wisdom – loved the story
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Thanks a million dear, means a lot.❤️
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My absolute pleasure
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❤️
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Excellent!
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Thanks so much dear. Appreciate it.❤️
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Blessings!
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🙏
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Laleh, through all your beautiful stories, I’ve gotten to know your brilliant writing, knowing that there will be a great twist to the story. A great one, leaving it up to the six brothers, how to handle their twisted story. There is always a karma that takes care of “twisters” like them.
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Appreciate your kind words dear, thanks a million.
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Interesting and great your story where the truth triumphs thanks to the intelligent use of lies.
Thanks for posting and hugs from the other side.
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Appreciate your kindness dear.
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Interesting and great your story where the truth triumphs thanks to the intelligent use of lies.
Thanks for posting and hugs from the other side.
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Lovely twist Laleh.
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Thanks so much dear for your visit.❤️
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This is wonderful and interesting…
I nominated your blog and 6 others for an award, but I didn’t inform any of you on time because of the responsibility attached to receiving it.
Personally, I know that creating a post can be tiring at times, and that’s something I wouldn’t want any of you to face, especially after you might have received the same or similar awards several times in the past.
Your blogs were listed because of they are highly valuable to me.
You can create a short blog post to receive the award!
just wanted to let you know about the nomination.
Thank!
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Appreciate your kindness dear.❤️
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Loved the story mate… Interesting and twisted..
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Appreciate your kindness.❤️
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And so the willingness to profit against the liars turned
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Great lesson for those brothers hopefully. Thanks sweetheart.❤️
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We do not all learn from mistakes. And they are greedy, lusty, that they do not know whether they have learned the lessons. It could have been a lesson to everyone. Thank you. Interesting tale and instructive. And the wise man turned out to be a wise man indeed.
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You are so kind dear, appreciate your comment.
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🙂
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I was almost there but…………………..
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😂😂😂
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Thanks dear so much ❤️
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U are welcome. mersi
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🙏😍
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So interesting love your story
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You’re very kind dear, appreciate it.❤️
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
BUSTED—BOOK ‘EM, DANO! 😀
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Appreciate your kindness.❤️
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❤
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Such a clever way of handling the situation….
A real good one Mam.
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Appreciate your kindness dear, means a lot.❤️
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Great. Serves the six brothers right.
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Thanks dear for your kind words.❤️
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I love your stories with beautiful lessons. I would not miss any.
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Awww, you’re awesome.❤️
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💖💖💖
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What an interesting turn of events! Great story, Laleh. Also, your blog looks wonderful! Very professional and inviting.
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That means a lot sweetheart.
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