Crystal Ramos
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Many years passed
Once upon a time, there was a small kingdom in Italy called Atri. The imperial city of the kingdom was built on a steep mountainside. King Atri was a man of integrity and kindness who cared deeply about the lives of his people. One day he had a large clock bought and placed above a clock in the market-place, with its rope hanging down to the ground, so that even a child could ring it. On the day of the official clock, the king himself went up to the tower and held a great ceremony, and all the citizens came to see it. The king addressed the crowd: "Look at this bell! It is polished and makes a very loud sound! This is your bell, and the bell of righteousness! If you have any grievance, you may ring the great bell at any time. When the bell rings, the judges of the state will come out and handle your case fairly, so that no one will be wronged." Many years passed since the bell of Justice had been hung, and several times it had been rung, and every time it had been justly judged by the judge. But the tower was in disrepair, and the lower part of the rope gradually rotted away because of the water. Finally, only tall people stand on tiptoe to catch the rope. When the judge knew this, he said, "This cannot be done! What if a child is wronged?" A new rope was ordered. But you can't find a rope this long in all of Yatri. If it takes several days to send someone to another place to buy the goods, then someone really needs to ring the bell in the next few days to complain. How can that be? When the news got out, someone had a quick wit and found a long grapevine and tied it to the bell. The vine, with its leaves hanging down, looked like a new vine growing at the top of the bell tower. When the judge saw this, he was very happy. "This vine is much better than the old rope. Let's use it!" The day after the vines were tied, an old horse, lame and hungry, came out of the country to the market-place. The weather was hot and there were few pedestrians; The old horse saw the grapevine and broke into the bell tower to eat the leaves. As soon as he nibbled at the green leaves of the vine, the bell rang. When the judge heard the bell, he put on his vestments and hurried to the market-place, where the people gathered around to see what had happened. Who knew that the clock was not a man standing, but an old and thin horse, everyone could not help but be taken aback. One of them pointed to the horse and said, "Is this not the miser's steed?" Another added: 'This old horse once saved his owner's life. Now why would his owner abandon him?' When the judge heard what was said, he ordered the miser arrested. When the miser came, the judge asked him, "Is this your horse? Why don't you feed him?" "It is mine, and because it is old and useless, I have not given it much to eat. I was going to sell it, but nobody wanted it." "Didn't the horse save you?" 'Yes, judge! "How ungrateful you are to exploit the old horse who has saved your life! I am now going to punish you by giving half of your property to the old horse, to buy him good food, and to buy a meadow to build a stable for him, so that he may live well. Or you'll go to jail!" The miser bowed his head and confessed, thus saving the old horse.
By Crystal Ramos12 months ago in Confessions