Wednesday 31 May 2017

The Superhero Beggar

A royal hefty elephant turns wild and escapes into the town.

The mightiest soldiers were putting their best to capture the elephant.

But their efforts were yielding no results.

A beggar wakes up from his sleep hearing all this chaos.

He observes that the mad elephant and the brave soldiers are running in circles.

Disturbed by this commotion, the beggar approaches the mad elephant.

He grabs the chain tied to elephant leg and pulls it.

Within seconds, the elephant is tumbled to the ground.

Everyone is flabbergasted by the superhuman act demonstrated by the beggar.

The soldier captures the grounded elephant.

The beggar goes back to his sleep.

The beggar’s act of bravery becomes the talk of the town.

The King is impressed and wants to reward him with royal treasures.

But the Minister stops the King from rewarding the beggar.

“A Street-side beggar, who can defeat a mad elephant”, Minister continues, “can also dethrone you”.

The King gets worried.

The worrisome King asked his Minister,’ ‘Should we kill him or put him in prison’?

‘That won’t help,’ answers the Minister, ‘he is a hero now.’

‘Reward him not with treasures, but by offering him the job of lighting the lamps of town in the evening, and blowing it off in the morning,’ advise the Minister.

“How will it help,” queries the King.

“It will, have trust in me,” assures the witty Minister.

The beggar is invited to the palace.

After luring him with a royal feast, the King offers him the job.

The beggar accepts the offer.

Every evening, the beggar will rush out to the streets to light the street lamps.

And at dawn, he would be blowing out the lamps.

The beggar had taken his job seriously.

3 months gets passed.

The Minister tells the King, that the time has come to test the beggar.

On the Kings order, a (normal) weak elephant is made to run on the streets.

The Soldiers put their act and are running behind the elephant.

The stage is set.

Hearing the commotion, the beggar comes out of his small house.

He approaches the running elephant.

He grabs the chain tied to elephant leg.

But, instead of tumbling the elephant, it is the beggar who plummets to the ground.

The soldiers pick him up.

Everyone is surprised.

The beggar, who had defeated a hefty wild animal, is thrown to the ground by a weak Elephant.

What happened to his strength?

The King asks his Minister,” What happened to his strength”?

The Minister replies.

The beggar was living a carefree life.

Entire day he used to lie on the street.

Food was easily available to him.

He did not have any mental tensions.

Things changed for him when he got the job.

He had to get up early.

He had to run down the streets.

His mind was occupied by thoughts of how to perform better every day at the job.

He was loaded with mental tension.

This resulted in the decline of his strength.

Now he is not a superhuman beggar.

He is merely an ordinary worker of your kingdom.

The Minister is rewarded heavily by the King.


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