The late king of my community
had ten wild dogs. He used them
to torture and eat any of his
servants who made a mistake.
One of the
servants gave an opinion which
was wrong, and the king didn't
like it at all. So he ordered that
the servant be thrown to the
dogs.
The servant said, "I served you
for ten years, and you do this to
me? Please give me ten days
before throwing me to those
dogs!"
The king agreed.
In those ten days, the servant
went to the guard who looks
after the dogs and told him he
would like to serve the dogs for
the next ten days. The guard was
baffled but agreed, and the
servant started feeding the dogs,
cleaning for them, bathing them,
and providing all sorts of comfort
for them.
When the ten days were over, the
king ordered
that the servant be thrown to the
dogs for his
punishment. When he was
thrown in, we were all amazed to
see the ravenous dogs only
licking the feet of the servant!
The king, baffled at what he was
seeing, said,
"What has happened to my
dogs?"
The servant replied, "I served the
dogs for only
ten days, and they didn't forget
my service. Yet I served you for a
whole ten years and you forgot
all, at my first mistake!"
The king realised his mistake and
ordered the
servant to be set free.
This post is a message to all
those who forget
the good things a person did for
them as soon as the person
makes a mistake towards them.
Don't put out the history that is
filled with good
because of a mistake you don't
like.
Hope I made sense
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