Golden Knife|چاقوی طلایی

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“86th story”

First published: April.11.2019

 

A Wise man had a guest in his house when someone knocked on his door.

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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 for me to leave my guest at home, so I have to refuse.”

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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.

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Most of the important people of the town walked in one by one. Everyone sat on the floor.

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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.

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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.

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A man stood up to the judge and claimed that, that 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.”

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The Wise man and his guest immediately realized that those 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.

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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.

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The thief’s 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 honourable judge.”

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133 comments ›

  1. Atul Depak
    April 11, 2019 • 8:15 am

    Quite interesting. But I thought the wise man would not let go the golden knife 🤔

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  3. tomhudson
    April 11, 2019 • 8:25 am

    Interesting fable. Enjoyed reading it.

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  4. Anonymous
    April 11, 2019 • 8:25 am

    Clever story. You could give Aesop a run for his money. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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  5. lampmagician
    April 11, 2019 • 8:33 am

    Reblogged this on lampmagician and commented:
    That is Wisdom 👍❤

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  6. Sonrisa
    April 11, 2019 • 8:34 am

    Excellent, so witty. Wonderful read. 🍒

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  7. jaya
    April 11, 2019 • 8:53 am

    What a twist in the tale! 👌

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  8. crimsonprose
    April 11, 2019 • 8:53 am

    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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  10. Divya Singh
    April 11, 2019 • 9:12 am

    I loved the story.. Intresting 👍

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  11. sabaniazsiddique
    April 11, 2019 • 9:28 am

    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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  12. JOY journal
    April 11, 2019 • 9:36 am

    Eeek! That’s an exciting one.

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  13. Sean D. Layton
    April 11, 2019 • 10:14 am

    Quick thinking! I like how the Wiseman turned the tables on them.

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  14. myexpressionofthoughtsblog
    April 11, 2019 • 10:53 am

    Different and interesting story shared

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  15. simplywendi
    April 11, 2019 • 11:03 am

    another amazing story and wow! Canadian’s Book Award Winner…………such an amazing and very well deserved honor. bless you!

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  16. ekurie
    April 11, 2019 • 12:07 pm

    Clever wise man, and a quite good friend.

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  17. Orvillewrong
    April 11, 2019 • 1:08 pm

    Another wonderful morality tale!

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  18. Rosaliene Bacchus
    April 11, 2019 • 1:35 pm

    What an unexpected turn of events! Love your story, Laleh 🙂

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  19. Johnzelle
    April 11, 2019 • 1:50 pm

    Was the judge the murderer?

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  20. bigskybuckeye
    April 11, 2019 • 3:53 pm

    Laleh, you have written a beautiful story. I enjoyed how it ended. Thank you for sharing.

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  21. Ramyani Bhattacharya
    April 11, 2019 • 4:04 pm

    A very clever plot. Love it☺️

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  22. Shantanu Baruah
    April 11, 2019 • 8:48 pm

    What wisdom – loved the story

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  24. Anonymous
    April 11, 2019 • 11:36 pm

    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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  25. Desgranante
    April 12, 2019 • 5:54 am

    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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  26. Desgranante
    April 12, 2019 • 5:55 am

    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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  28. Michael Ogazie
    April 14, 2019 • 4:14 am

    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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  29. Chiru
    April 14, 2019 • 8:14 am

    Loved the story mate… Interesting and twisted..

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  30. stopociechblog
    April 15, 2019 • 5:06 pm

    And so the willingness to profit against the liars turned

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  31. Chinedu ikechukwu
    April 17, 2019 • 9:40 am

    I was almost there but…………………..

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  32. fantasynovel1
    April 18, 2019 • 10:45 pm

    So interesting love your story

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  33. Jonathan Caswell
    April 18, 2019 • 11:33 pm

    Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
    BUSTED—BOOK ‘EM, DANO! 😀

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  35. anamikaisblogging
    April 19, 2019 • 3:59 pm

    Such a clever way of handling the situation….
    A real good one Mam.

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  36. berinaberrry
    April 21, 2019 • 10:29 am

    Great. Serves the six brothers right.

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  37. janetsm
    April 25, 2019 • 9:48 am

    What an interesting turn of events! Great story, Laleh. Also, your blog looks wonderful! Very professional and inviting.

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  40. Sunith
    August 26, 2021 • 10:13 am

    Really good one. Presence of mind from the wise man saved his guest😊

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  41. utahan15
    August 26, 2021 • 12:58 pm

    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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  43. jmankowsky
    August 26, 2021 • 7:57 pm

    Great story. The illustrations added to the feeling of it , as well!

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  44. 100 Country Trek
    August 26, 2021 • 9:33 pm

    Very interesting..thanks for sharing
    ANITA

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  46. Cindy Georgakas
    August 28, 2021 • 9:34 pm

    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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  47. Carolyn Page
    August 31, 2021 • 4:33 pm

    Hahah… A very clever story, Laleh.

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  48. Warren Richards
    September 1, 2021 • 11:27 pm

    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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  49. usfman
    September 6, 2021 • 7:17 pm

    Blood spilleth over to those who inflict the wound. A nice theme for revenge.

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