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A long time ago, there was a kingdom, and for generations, the king of that kingdom was wise, the ministers were clean, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The country also prospered.

By EmilyPublished 2 years ago 6 min read
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Talking crow

A long time ago, there was a kingdom, and for generations, the king of that kingdom was wise, the ministers were clean, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The country also prospered.

However, after the eleventh-generation king succeeded to the throne, the situation changed. He ate, drank and had fun all day long, ignoring the government. The people around him also did what they liked, patting their horses and flattering them, and some loyal ministers who spoke out and dared to speak out were kicked out of the court.

People's lives were getting worse day by day, and in the end, the people couldn't bear it any longer, and everyone met to discuss countermeasures. One of them, Hakim, was very smart, and everyone told him to find a way.

Hakim said to everyone: "It is difficult to meet the king. I have a way to get close to the king, but I need two things: a bag of gold and a bag of silver."

Although everyone was poor, in order to change the status quo of the country, they still tried their best to meet Hakim's demands.

Hakim picked two smart and capable young men from among them and said to them, "One of you has a gold bag and the other has a silver bag, buried in two places, and make a mark on it. This mark can't be known to anyone except me."

According to Hakim's instructions, the two young men immediately set off to bury the gold and silver bags, and came back to tell Hakim where he was buried and the mark. Hakim immediately set off for the capital and stayed at an inn near the palace. Then he took a bath, put on his most gorgeous clothes, came to the gate of the palace, and said to the guards: "I am a guest from afar, and I want to greet the king and bring him good news - the apocalypse I received in a dream."

The guard said to Hakim, "Write down the apocalypse in your dream and your explanation on a piece of paper, and I'll go and give it to the king."

"That won't work. The meaning of this apocalypse is far-reaching, and the pen cannot write clearly. I must meet the king."

The guard felt that something was wrong, so he went to report it to the king. It happened that the king was happy, so he invited him in and asked, "Hurry up and talk about the apocalypse!"

Hakim said, "Your Majesty, the gods have inspired me to understand the language of birds. Birds have keen eyesight, what we cannot see, they can see, and they can see underground water and treasures.

The king thought it was novel and left him in the palace.

One day, the king and Hakim were sitting and chatting. A pair of crows were barking and flying across the sky. The king hurriedly asked Hakim: "What are the crows talking about?"

Hakim replied, "Your Majesty, it says there is gold somewhere."

The king sent his cronies to the place Hakim said to dig for gold, and sure enough a bag was found. The king was very happy and entertained Hakim even more attentively.

A few days later, another pair of crows flew over their heads screaming. The king hurriedly asked Hakim to translate. Hakim said, "Your Majesty, this crow said that there is silver buried somewhere." Not long after, the man sent by the king also took back the silver.

From then on, the king believed Hakim's words. Once, the king was in a meeting, and two crows flew in the sky, and one of them kept barking. The king asked Hakim again: "What is this crow talking about?"

Hakim thought the time had come, so he lowered his head and pretended to be lost in thought, "Your Majesty, what this crow said can only be discussed with you alone."

So the king called Hakim to the secret room. When they were seated, Hakim said, "The crows say that the magistrates oppress the people as they please. They only care about their interests, and they don't care about the life or death of the people. Some people want to sue them, but no one can get to you. If the kingdom continues as it is now, it won't be long before it collapses, and the cities and villages will become mass graves of owls and crows."

When the king heard this, he asked in fear, "What should we do?"

Hakim said: "Your Majesty, this is an important matter that needs careful consideration. If you want the people to support you, you might as well hang a big bell on the gate of the palace, and you can announce to the whole country that whoever has been bullied by officials can ring the bell and report to the king."

The king did it according to Hakim's method, and the people were all elated, and the officials, big and small, did not dare to oppress the people at will.

On the fifth day after the bell was hung out, the bell rang, and when the guards looked, they saw a big snake ringing the bell. The guards hurried to tell the king that the king ordered the guards to follow the snake, maybe it had some grievance.

The guards followed the snake all the way to the snake's den. The snake went in and dragged out a small snake. The small snake's mouth was covered with an arrow and could not open it, and it was about to starve to death. A guard stepped forward and pulled out the arrow, and the little snake opened its mouth happily.

When the guard returned, he reported the situation to the king, who was very happy to hear it.

On the sixth day, the serpent rang the bell again. So they followed the serpent to its cave again.

The big snake went in for a while and came out again, but this time it was not the small snake that was dragged out, but two strange big pearls.

The guard handed the two pearls to the king, and the king was amazed. He had never seen such beautiful pearls.

The king thought: "I have done harm to the snake, and it is repaying me for my good. It seems that if you relieve the difficulties of others, you will be rewarded by others. Hakim is right, we must govern this country well in the future."

So the king drove away the rotten princes and ministers around him and recruited wise men. It didn't take long for the country to become strong again, and the people lived a life of peace and contentment again. Everyone was grateful to the wise Hakim from the bottom of their hearts.

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Emily

Enjoy solitude and like to write quietly alone.

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