“129th story”
First published: Feb.13.2020
425 Words
The King of Greenland became very ill every doctor in the kingdom came to visit him one by one and they all had one answer: “The illness is serious and the king is dying.”
The king had no children and had to find a new king for his kingdom. He didn’t want to hand the kingdom easily to men around him and had to find a better way.
The king announced: “I am dying, and whoever sleeps one night in my grave will be the next king of Greenland.”
No one dared to sleep in the king’s grave even though the prize was valuable, except the poorest man of the kingdom.
The poorest man had nothing to lose. He always slept on the streets. He was ready to sleep in the King’s grave and change his life the next day by becoming the new king.
They put the poorest man into the grave covered it with a flat stone and left a hole for him to breathe.
The poorest man had worse nights before. How could this one night be so hard to handle. He finally fell asleep and had a dream.
Two angels came to him and started asking questions: “What do you have in the world?”
The poorest man said: “Nothing. I used to have an old donkey.”
The angels asked: “Why did you put weighty loads on your donkey’s back when you knew it can’t carry that much? Why didn’t you feed your donkey enough food and always leave him hungry?”
The poorest man woke up and was so scared, he never had a dream in his life and that was a strange one.
Morning finally appeared, and everyone including the king was waiting over the grave to publicize the new king.
As soon as they took the flat stone off, the poorest man jumped out of the grave and started running.
They caught him and brought him to the king.
The king asked: “Yesterday you wanted to become the new king, what happened that made you change your mind?”
The poorest man said: “I had a dream that I was dead and two angels were asking too many questions about my old donkey that I was responsible for and didn’t do a fair job, and they were about to punish me. How would I ever be able to be fair and kind to the people of a kingdom.”
When would ever cruel people wake up and stop harming others, killing and starting wars just for power and money?
A Voice from Iran 
Reblogged this on Blue Dragon Journal.
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Thanks so much dear.❤️
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That’s the question I do ask day by day…
Once again thank you for that beautiful and philosophical story, dear Laleh. ❤
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You’re so very kind my dear Germane friend. Appreciate your friendship.❤️
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a great teaching story, many blessings
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Appreciate your kind visit dear.🌹
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we live in a time Laleh, when wisdom stories are badly needed, even the state of the off shore world, where wealth is hidden when many are in need, thankfully, dictators are getting rarer, be blessed
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Unfortunately our country is governed by dictators. Wish for a day that Iran be free. Thanks for your support.❤️
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Thanks dear.❤️
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What ever the poor man did to his donkey was unfair but his response to the king was definitely fair,beautiful story.
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Love you.❤️
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Great story – food for thought.
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Thanks Chris sweetheart.
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IMHO: Another candidate will step forward, more than ready to do whatever required.
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Yes, if they close their conscience eyes it would be easy.😂
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since
mean persons
do not feel
it does not seem real
they do not like themselves
or anyone else either
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They easily ruin the world.😂
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they re all over. bully. thug. so called leaders. cult persons who will not think for themselves nor look at themselves.
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True.🌷❤️
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peace to you and Abdullah. salaam
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What’s your background?
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as far as what?
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😂😂😂
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us . college grad. a jack of all trades. i am a writer Laleh. i write and there you have it.
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We’re all from the cavemen’s 😂
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perhaps. from adam and eve. one God., today in first kings we read of solomon s old age. not a happy ending.
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Yes, I absoloutly believe we are all one equal.
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but different at the same time.
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LOL
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Salaam
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The poor man was wise not to accept the king’s role. But you left me hanging. Did the king die without naming a successor?
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Lol, I guess when we got to our moral point just left the king hanging.😂😂😂 You’re always right at the point.❤️
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Laleh, tell me how to make your wise texts read by those who should. That they may draw conclusions for themselves from reading these stories and change their behavior.
Regards
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Thanks so much dear, means a lot. Hopefully by reblogging and finding new readers it will spread. I personally love stories with morals, teaches me a lot.❤️
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The poor man’s right. Morals matter if you want to lead. I recently wrote a blog about this.
http://onstageformyselfnow.blog/2020/01/25/resetting-our-moral-compass/
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Thanks so much for sharing.❤️
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Well penned
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Appreciate your kindness.🌷
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Lovely story 🙂
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Appreciate your kindness dear.🌹
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Beautiful story
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Thanks Sunith dear.🌹
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Muchas gracias. ?Como puedo iniciar sesion?
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Sorry for the late reply dear. Your comment was in my spam I just realized that.
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