:: another simple story for sharing ^^
A Man and His Bag of Gold
Once, a king had a great highway built for the members of his kingdom. After it was complete, the king decided to have a contest. He invited the citizens to participate. The challenge was to see who could travel the highway the best. On the day of contest, the people came with fine chariots and some came in their track clothes, too!
People traveled the highway all day, whenever a person arrived at the end of the highway, he would complain to the king that there was large pile of rocks and debris left on the road at one spot, and this got in their way and hindered their travel.
At the end of the day, a lone traveler crossed the finish line and wearily walked over to the king. He was tired and dirty, but he addressed the king with great respect and handed him a bag of gold. He explain: “ I stopped along the way to clear away a pile of rocks and debris that was blocking the road. I found this bag of gold that was under one of the big rocks, and I want you to return this to the rightful owner.”
The king replied: “You are the rightful owner”
The traveler replied: “Oh no, that is nor mine, I’ve never own such money.”
“Oh yes,” said the king, “you’ve earned this gold, for you won my contest. He who traveled the road best is who makes the road smoother for those who will follow.”
LIOS-zabrina
