“86th story”
First published: April.11.2019
A famous man had a guest in his house.
Someone knocked on his door.
The judge had sent a messenger to invite the famous man for dinner.
The famous man told the messenger: “Please thank the judge for his kindness, but it would be impolite for me to leave my guest at home, so I have to refuse the invitation.”
The messenger left.
And after a while came and said: “The judge invited your guest as well.”
The famous 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 white 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 famous man’s guest took a knife out of his pocket to cut the fruit. The knife grabbed everyone’s attention with its unique handle made of pure gold and decorated with some valuable rubies and emeralds.
A tall man stood up to the judge claiming that the knife belonged to his father. The tall man 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 famous man and his guest immediately realized that those six brothers were liars and wanted to have that valuable knife.
The problem was that the six brothers were popular in the town so it was hard to convince the Judge that they were deceivers and thieves.
The famous man stood up and explained to the judge: “My guest is my close friend. I know all about this knife. Their story is true, and my guest doesn’t own it. My guest’s father was a great, honest merchant and when he was travelling 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.
The thieves 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, and presented it at every big gathering, just to find the real owner to determine who was his father’s murderer. Thank God we found the owner and are in front of the most honourable judge.”
The tall man said: “Now that I take a closer look, our father’s knife has some diamonds too. This isn’t our knife.”
A Voice from Iran 
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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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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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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Quick thinking! I like how the Wiseman turned the tables on them.
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Sorry for the late response, your comment was in the spam. I just saw it.
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Different and interesting story shared
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Sorry for the late response, your comment was in the spam. I just saw it.
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another amazing story and wow! Canadian’s Book Award Winner…………such an amazing and very well deserved honor. bless you!
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Sorry for the late response, your comment was in the spam. I just saw it.
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Clever wise man, and a quite good friend.
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Sorry for the late response, your comment was in the spam. I just saw it.
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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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Great story 👏
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Thanks dear.🌷
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Quite a story! Enjoyed it.
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Means a lot.🌷
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Really good one. Presence of mind from the wise man saved his guest😊
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Thanks Sunith, means a lot.🌷
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goes to the story
what brits call lorry
truckin
momma
hot rockin
lying
chillin
and billing you for the whole hour
now that s power!
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Thanks John, appreciate your poems.🌷
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yw
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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Thanks so much dear Ned.🌷
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Great story. The illustrations added to the feeling of it , as well!
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Appreciate your kindness.🌷
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Very interesting..thanks for sharing
ANITA
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Thanks for reading Anita, appreciate your comment.❤️
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such lessons in your stories Laleh!
Thanks for reaching out. I’ve been missing you and just said “I’ve got to touch base with Laleh”.
I love that and here you are my friend!💖
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You’re amazing.❤️❤️❤️
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You write amazing things and I just deliver the praise-:)💝
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Awww.🙏🌷❤️
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💖💖💖❤️
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Hahah… A very clever story, Laleh.
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Thanks so much dear.🌷
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I am just about to start reading 30 Short Stories on Kindle – 🙂
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Awww that’s awesome, I hope you like it. Let me know.🙏❤️
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Be careful what you claim, the truth will be a heart exposed. Some day, every heart have to give account. You can never hide, the truth is a judge! Nice share!
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Thanks Warren for always being there for me.🌺
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My pleasure!
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Blood spilleth over to those who inflict the wound. A nice theme for revenge.
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Appreciate your kindness.
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