Story 2
‘DON'T CHANGE THE WORLD’
Once upon a time,
there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to
some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he
complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that
he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was very rough
and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country
with leather.
Definitely, this would
need thousands of cows’ skin, and would cost a huge amount of money. Then one
of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, “Why do you have to spend
that unnecessary amount of money? Why don’t you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?” The king was
surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a “shoe” for himself.
There is
actually a valuable lesson of life in this story: to make this world a happy
place to live, you better change yourself - your heart; and not the world.
Vocabulary
Prosperous : makmur
Distant : jauh
Rough : rumput yang tinggi /
keadaan yang kasar
Definitely : dengan pasti
Leather : kulit
Amount : jumlah
Dikutip dari;
Islamic Occasions
Network
Dated: Sunday, March
20, 2005
100 Moral Stories 1 www.islamicoccasions.com
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