Jonathan and The Emperor
When the rule ends with one and begins with another...
I relate to you the story of Jonathan and the Emperor. Indeed the Emperor exalted himself in the land and made his people into different groups. The Emperor killed all the newborn baby boys and let the girls live on every other year. Indeed he was from amongst the evil ones. Surely one day the Emperor will be overthrown and the same people he oppressed would inherit the land. The Emperor feared such an uprising and that is why he killed all the baby boys every other year in order to control the population of slaves he had. Then one day a baby boy, named Jonathan, was born during the year the Emperor had ordered to kill all the newborn baby boys. The mother feared for her child, then immediately she began to feed her child. The soldiers did not hear the child crying and walk past her house. The mother then decided to put her baby in a basket and throw the basket into the sea hoping that her baby would live on and be brought back to her. The basket ends up at the palace of the Emperor and the Emperor’s wife picks up the child. The Emperor’s wife brings the child to her husband and says he is the coolness of my eyes, can we keep him and adopt him as our own? The Emperor looks at the child and a love for the child fills his heart and his face changes. They decide to keep the baby. The baby then cries because he is hungry. They bring all the wet nurses but the child refuses to drink the milk. The sister of the child was following her brother and suggests should I take you to some house that will take care of the child. They agreed and the girl takes her brother to her own home without anyone noticing. The mother is then reunited with her child. The heart of the mother of the child now becomes calm and relieved. Years later when the child is mature he is given wisdom and strength. He uses his wisdom and strength to help his people who are enslaved by the emperor in a time when the guards are not looking at him. Then one day Jonathan sees two men fighting, one from his nation and another from his enemy. The one from his nation called out to him and said O Jonathan come and help me. Jonathan goes over punches the one from his enemy and he dies with that punch. Jonathan realizes what he has done and feels remorseful of his evil deed. The next morning Jonathan enters the city in a state of fear and caution. Then he bumps into the same guy who asked for his help the previous day. Jonathan offers to help but this time he will be smart and he will hold back the guard trying to be beat him. The man who asked for his help thought Jonathan was coming over to kill him and saved himself by saying wait Jonathan stop are you coming to kill me like you killed someone yesterday…yesterday. There is silence everywhere and Jonathan goes into hiding. The guards make a plan to kill Jonathan. Then a friend of Jonathan’s from amongst the guards advise Jonathan to run away because the guards are trying to kill him. Jonathan takes heed of his friend’s warning and runs away. After some time Jonathan reaches a well of water and sees two girls tugging at their sheep. Jonathan goes up to the two girls and says what is your problem? The two girls respond we will not feed our sheep until the men leave the wells. Jonathan takes the sheep from the girls and offers to feed the sheep for them. Jonathan returns the sheep to the girls and goes back under the shade without expecting any thank you. The girls go back to their father who realizes that they returned early. Their father asked why they are so early. The girls reply that a man helped them feed the sheep. The father asks one of the girls to go and get the man so he can thank him. As Jonathan is resting under a tree one of the girls comes to him walking with shyness saying my father invites you and wants to thank you for the good you have done. Jonathan meets with the girl’s father and tells him everything that happened to him. The girl calls the father and tells him to hire Jonathan. Then the father says to Jonathan I like to marry one of my two girls to you in condition that you serve me for eight to ten years. Jonathan agrees. After eight or ten years Jonathan gathers a group of men and decides to go back to the Emperor to face him and free his own people who are enslaved. After some battles Jonathan and his men are victorious and they inherit the land from the Emperor. Jonathan and his people are finally free from the clutches of the Emperor.
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