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There's Always Be A Blessing In Everything
In a tropical
island, there lives a King whom assisted by a highly optimistic Prime Minister.
This Prime Minister is so positive that the King often feels disturbed because
he is always able to find the bright side from any condition.
One day, the King and the Prime Minister take a journey
across a thick forest. In the middle of the way, the King gets a coconut to
satisfy his thirst when he accidentally bites the hard coconut shell and his
tooth is broken. He screams with pain and tells the Prime Minister the
misfortune happened to him. Listening to his King's complaint, the Prime
Minister surprisingly smile and shouts, "Wow, that's great!"... "Huh?! Why did
you say so?" ask the King astounded. "Surely, it is your sign of luck." Hearing
this, the King becomes furious. How can a Prime Minister regard his King's pain
as a pleasing matter? "Your Majesty, I beg you please, to listen to me," urges
the Prime Minister, "behind every unfavorable happening, there's always a bright
side that we haven't seen yet." "Enough! This is too much!" The King now is
really outraged. He arrests the Prime Minister and ties him up. The Prime
Minister then is put into a dry well. The King decides to catch him up later on
the way back. Then the King continues the journey.
After walking for a distance, the King is attacked by a
primitive tribe who is looking for a victim to be sacrificed for the volcano
god. Once, the tribe knows that they have caught a king for their worship, they
feel glad and bring him to the ritual leader. Then, they prepare all the
offerings and adorn the King with a beautiful outfit. When the King is about to
be sacrificed and the executors are ready to chop the King's head, the leader
shouts to stop the process. He sees one of the King's teeth is off. "We can't
take you as an offering, because the volcano god will only accept the perfect
sacrifice with full body elements. You may go now!" The King feels so grateful.
He runs away quickly from the tribe. Suddenly, he remembers what the Prime
Minister has said that there is really a good thing on any happening that he
regards as unfavorable. He rushes back home. On the way, he visits the Prime
Minister who still stays in the well. When he look into the Prime Minister, the
King finds his Prime Minister is still tied right up and smiling happily.
"Wow..! This Prime minister is really a positive person."
The king helps the Prime Minister out from the well and
apologizes for everything he has done. "I am sorry for throwing you in the
well!" says the King holds the Prime Minister's shoulder. Then the King tells
what has happened to him. "I was captured by a wild tribe out there and they
intended to sacrifice me to volcano god. But then they found out one of my teeth
is lost so they set me free. Isn't it a miracle! When you mentioned me about the
lucky misfortune, I didn't believe it. I even threw you away into the well.
Would you forgive, please?" "Ah, Your Majesty doesn't have to apologize," says
the Prime Minister smiling. "Isn't that also a fortune for me because you threw
me down the well." "Huh..?! Now what blessing are you counting in from your
incident?" asks the King amazed. "Here it goes, Your Majesty," replies the Prime
Minister. "If I went with you, then the savage would use me as the offering to
the volcano god!"