"A WISE SUITOR"

"A WISE SUITOR" (author unknown)

Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, lived a king who had a beautiful daughter. She was twenty-five, and perhaps it was the time to marry.

One day, four suitors came from afar and asked for her hand in marriage. Each of them was handsome, strong-looking, and had the perfect male body.

The princess came up to them and said,

"I don't care about your looks, I don't care about your strength, I'm not going to marry because of that. I will only marry a man who is wise and intelligent. Now, my father is going to ask you a very puzzling question, and whoever answers the question correctly will marry me. Good luck!"

At that moment, the king asked the four suitors the question,

"There was a talented hunter who never failed to catch his targets. Whenever he went hunting, he always killed an animal and brought it home. One day, the hunter became sick with a respiratory illness caused by a type of bacteria. Ever since then, it had been impossible for him to catch an animal, and he always returned home from the forest empty handed. Why is that?"

For several minutes, the four suitor racked their brains over the challenging question. Just then, the first suitor answered,

"The hunter's illness affected his eyesight, which made him unable to identify his targets."

The king shook his head and muttered,

"Wrong answer!"

The second suitor said,

"The animals in the forest had known the hunter to be a threat, so they all went into hiding and never appeared again."

The king shook his head again and muttered,

"You are wrong!"

The third suitor said,

"The hunter's equipment had developed a fault, that was why he could no longer catch an animal."

The king shook his head yet again and muttered,

"Well, that's wrong too."

The fourth suitor thought for a long time and finally came up with the smartest answer. He said surprisingly,

"Well, since it's a respiratory illness that the hunter became sick with, I'd say it's a whooping cough. It means that all the times he went hunting, he was coughing and coughing, which scared all the animals away. A hunter with a whooping cough will never catch a prey."

Struck with amazement, the king widened his eyes and exclaimed,

"Wow, correct! You're such a wise and intelligent young man! You're the one who will marry my daughter!"

LESSON TO LEARN:

Nowadays in our world, smartness beats strength and good looks. Be smart, be Intelligent and be wise!

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