A young minister started to attend to his exotic king, who used to quote wisdom phrases and do his best to rule the kingdom in a… funny way.
One of the
things the king used to do was related to the execution of prisoners, an event
that the young man had to regretfully y attend. It was always the same…
“You have
been condemned for your atrocious acts against the kingdom.”, the king used to
start. After some deliberation, he would finish his interference with this:
“Now, if
you are brave, REALLY brave… My kingdom needs VERY COURAGEOUS people and I am
willing to pardon you…”, the king would wait for the prisoner’s smile and close
his speech like this, by approaching a simple door at a corner: “… if you cross
this door. This door takes a person to the most horrible place of my kingdom, a
place not even the best men of my army would dare to go! This door keeps us
safe from a monster nobody has been able to defeat.”, this time the king would wait
for the smile to vanish. “Now, my men will free you and if you want you can
cross that door, or you will be executed.”
ALL OF THE PRISONERS
would rather die than crossing the door.
One day, he
found the king in a good mood and he decided was safe to ask the king the big
question
“Your Majesty,
I would like to ask you a question that has been haunting me since I have
become your servant.”
“Of course,
you may ask the question.”
After a brief
hesitation, fearing for his own life, the young man asked: “What is behind the
door?”
The king
showed an enigmatic smile and start to walk very fast, followed by the young
minister who realized soon where they were heading to: the execution field.
Now, the
young man was almost crying with the fear the king would throw him out through
the cursed door, but he was able to kept a certain calm face; they at last were
both facing the door themselves.
“Open it!”,
ordered the king. The young minister rather clumsily opened the door and…
…And he was
amazed! It was an extremely beautiful piece of jungle there. He was able to
identify some flowers and trees, and no sign of the monster.
When he
looked back to the king, he was definitely smiling.
“Where is
the monster, your Majesty?”
The king
whispered something under his breath, looked at the eager eyes of his new
minister and said without a smile: “The most horrible monster of all does not
live in that jungle, but in the hearts and minds of people. It is called FEAR…
If the prisoners didn’t keep that monster inside themselves, they would dare crossing
the door and, as I promised, they will be free again. But that monster kills
them before our executioners. Be careful, minister, and don’t feed your own monster!
Just trust yourself and the fear will eventually die.”
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