THE COWARD SERVANT

"THE COWARD SERVANT" (author unknown)

A Story With A Valuable Lesson.

A king had a faithful and valiant servant who would guide and watch over him. His servant was a happy family man blessed with a beautiful wife and a little baby.

The king loved nature: trees, grass, flowers, and warm weather. One day, he was strolling through the forest with his servant. Suddenly, they heard a deep growl, so deep and near that it seemed more like a lion's roar. They both froze with fear and couldn't move.

The king was shaking, his heart pounding in his chest, too fast, too hard. He quickly turned around, but to his great surprise, his servant had escaped, leaving him all alone. Scared to death, he kept saying over and over to himself,

"Oh, that fool! How dare he do this me! He's such a coward!"

However, luckily for the king, he had the opportunity to hide and escape. He ran back to the village, panting and breathing heavily. The villagers saw him, then ran towards him, and asked him what had happened. The unhappy king howled with anger and rage,

"My servant is a coward! A big coward! He abandoned me in the forest when I needed him the most! We noticed a ferocious lion nearby, and he ran away to save himself, but left me to die. I am going to make him pay for what he did to me!"

The villagers were very disappointed with the servant as they thought him to be a brave man. "It was a foolish act of cowardice and it was evil!" they told the king.

Having made up his mind to punish his servant, the king ordered that his wife be locked up in prison, and his little baby be taken away. He then sent some men to search for the servant who had not returned ever since.

After a few days of searching, the men found the servant dead in the forest, his body ripped to pieces, and his bones broken. When they told the king, he could not comprehend what had happened. Then, a wise old man came and said to the king,

"My king, from the look of things, your servant was the most brave and courageous man in the world. He offered himself to the ferocious lion, in order to save you from being torn apart. In that dreadful moment, he didn't think about his wife and new baby, but the life of the king. He sacrificed his own life to save the king. He was truly a superhero!"

Always remember that your assumption, and the truth are totally different things. Yes, your assumption, and the truth, dine at totally different tables. What you see and perceive isn't always the reality, and what you perceive to be the truth, might be the exact opposite of that. On the other hand, assumptions can be wrong and harmful, making us to be judgemental, and causing us to react in ways that have negative effects. We should note that our assumptions are not always correct..

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