WORTH READING 28 May 2007

A Grain of Corn

Once upon a time, there was a nice King who ordered wisely. All the
people of the Kingdom loved him. One day, the King called his four
daughters and told them that he would like to leave the Kingdom for a
long journey. I want to learn more about God and the meaning of this
life. I will go to a very far ascetic place and spend a long time for
asceticism. While I am not here, I order you all to take responsibility
on my Kingdom, he said.

O, Father, said his four daughters. Dont leave us, please...We will
never be able to order this Kingdom without you, said them again. The
King smiled. You will run this duty well while I am not here, he said.
Now, before I leave, I would like to give you all something. I wish it
can help you how to order this Kingdom, said the King. He put a grain of
corn on every hand of his four daughters. Then, he leaved.

The oldest Princess came into her room, warped the grain of corn with a
silk cloth and tied it with a gold yarn, then kept it carefully. The
second Princess also came into her room and placed the grain of corn in
a beautiful glass box. Whenever she missed her father, she would lift
the box and stare at it. The third Princess, a very practice girl,
looked at the grain of corn and thought, This grain of corn is as same
as other grains, she then threw the grain away.

The youngest Princess held the grain and took it into her room, and then
thought hard to the real meaning of his fathers gift. She thought of it
in weeks until finally she could understand the meaning of the gift.

For months and even for years, the four Princesses ordered their fathers
Kingdom. Until one day, the King came home. His beard was luxuriant and
his eyes were shining within a peaceful shine that he got from his
asceticism. The King greeted all his daughters, and then asked them to
show him the present that he gave.

The oldest Princess immediately came into her room and took the silk
package that contained a grain of corn, which given by her father.
Father, she said, I warp this grain of corn with a silk cloth and tie it
with a gold yarn and keep it carefully. The King bowed his head and
said, Thank you.

Next, the second Princess presented her father a beautiful glass box
that contained the grain of corn. She said, For the past few years while
you were gone, I have kept this grain of corn in a save place and stared
at it whenever I missed you. Again, the King bowed his head to his
daughter, received the box and said, Thank you.

The third Princess went into a kitchen in a hurry, took a grain of corn
from a cupboard and gave it to her father and said, Father, this grain
of corn is as same as the grain of corn that you gave to me. The King
smiled and received it and said, Thank you.

At last, the youngest Princess came forward to her father and said, I
dont have the grain of corn that you gave to me anymore. All right, but
what have you done to it asked the King. Father, I thought of it for
almost one month and finally I found the meaning of your gift. I
realized that the grain of corn was a seed, so I planted it in the
ground. The grain then grew up, then I got other grains from it. After
that, I planted all the grains and harvested the result again. I have
continually done it. Lets come out and see the result.

The King walked out, following his youngest daughter. There, he saw a
spread out area of corns along his eyes sight. The corns were much
enough for feeding all the people of the Kingdom.

The King came forward to his youngest daughter, put off his gold crown,
and then put it on his youngest daughters head. You have learned and
understood on how to order a Kingdom, he said tenderly.

Since that day, the youngest Princess ordered the Kingdom. She leaded
the Kingdom for a long time in a wise and well manner.

Contributed by PravsWorld

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