“201st Story”
First published; Aug.18.2022
Once upon a time, a king was enjoying his afternoon in his castle
and heard the shout of a farmer selling his apples loaded on a big cart pulled by a donkey.
“The king gave five gold coins to his advisor and said: “Buy all the apples from that farmer, so he could go home and stop shouting.
The advisor kept one coin secretly to himself and gave four coins to the secretary to buy apples from that farmer.
The secretary as well kept one coin to himself and gave three coins to the castle’s organizer to buy apples from that farmer.
The castle’s organizer kept one coin and gave two coins to the head butler to buy apples from that farmer.
The head butler kept one coin and gave one coin to the guard to buy apples from that farmer, for the king.
The guard put the coin in his pocket, went closer to that farmer, and said: “The king is angry at you for shouting and disturbing his relaxing moment. He asked me to arrest you and put you in jail.
The unfortunate farmer begged for his freedom.
The guard said: “I may be able to talk the king out of his decision if you pay your freedom by all your apples.”
The farmer replied with tears: “These apples are the result of a year of waiting and gardening. My family needs this money.”
The guard said: “That’s all I can do for you, or you can go to jail.”
The poor farmer handed his investment to the guard and went home disappointed.
The guard took some amount of the apple for himself, and passed them to the head butler,……
In the end, only five apples were left for the king and the advisor told the king: “One gold coin for one apple, was the price of the farmer.”
The king said: “Farmers are becoming very rich. One gold coin for an apple is a lot of money. Increase the tax now that people can afford to live like that.”
And there again cycle of corruption once again put people under the pressure of poverty and made the depraved richer.
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greed the feeling that you need more why is that?
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Human 🥺
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🙏❤️
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It’s the same cycle going on even now.
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And that’s so unfortunate. Thanks dear.💕
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Indeed it’s very sad.
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hmmmm touching and meaningful story. God bless ❤
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Appreciate your kindness dear.💕
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Love you 💕💕💕💗💗
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Love you more sweetheart.
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Una storia sempre attuale! Purtroppo.
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You’re amazing.💝
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This completely mirrors the decadence in the leadership and structure of followership of many developing Sub-Saharan countries like mine, Nigeria. Although it even speaks to the general way of life of humans… indeed the depth of the message is far reaching
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Appreciate your share of thoughts dear.🌺
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So sad, but indicative of the greed we see so often in the world.
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Thanks so much Janet.❤️
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Your stories are full of life lessons.
Honestly is the story that unfortunately
Continue in most countries now a days.
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Love u❤️
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Reblogged this on B +Ve!!.
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Thanks.🙏
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once again a message with such a good lesson and meaning dear Laleh! Love the story!!
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You’re lovely.😘❤️
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Sometimes sad– but true.
Art
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Thanks for reading dear Loujen.🌺
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Inspiring story ! Well words write in.
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Appreciate your kindness dear.🌺
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So it’s the system more than the king itself that resulted in such corruption.
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Usually the system is at fault if not equally.😍
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So how do we change the system?
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It will never happen 🥺
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Sadly, we see this story as a never-ending saga in various settings. Greed and dishonesty attempt to overwhelm the kindness and hard work of others.
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Yes so sad. Thanks so much dear.🙏🌷
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The title “Honesty” is ironic, since no one seem to have any, except the farmer. Perhaps if he had been less honest and only given the guard half his apples, he and his family might have survived. This is a heart-breaking story, because it reflects the real world – sinners in need of a Savior.
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Thanks for reading dear, means a lot.🙏
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So filled with wisdom.🤔
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Thanks so much dear.❤️
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Happy Monday.
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Human greed knows no end. Insightful story.
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Appreciate your comment Ankur.
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In this story, the king at least has honest intentions. In our reality, the kings are the greediest.
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And unfortunately not many good kings and leaders are in the true history.🙏🌷
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That’s true.
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😍🙏🙏🙏
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This is a sad story. Human greed indeed. !!
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Thanks so much for reading, Anne.🌷
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