100 Moral Stories 46
Some time ago, there lived a King. This King should have been contented with his life, given all
the riches and luxuries he had. However, this was not the case! The King always found himself
wondering why he just never seemed content with his life.
Sure, he had the attention of everyone wherever he went, attended fancy dinners and parties,
but somehow, he still felt something was lacking and he couldn’t put his finger on it.
One day, the King had woken up earlier than usual to stroll around his palace. He entered his huge
living room and came to a stop when he heard someone happily singing away... following this
singing... he saw that one of the servants was singing and had a very contented look on his face.
This fascinated the King and he summoned this man to his chambers. The man
entered the King’s chambers as ordered. The King asked why he was so happy?
To this the man replied: “Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but I make
enough of a living to keep my wife and children happy. We don’t need too
much, a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummy. My wife and
children are my inspiration; they are content with whatever little I bring home.
I am happy because my family is happy.”
Hearing this, the King dismissed the servant and summoned his Personal Assistant to his
chambers.
The King related his personal anguish about his feelings and then related the story of the servant to
his Personal Assistant, hoping that somehow, he will be able to come up with some reasoning that
here was a King who could have anything he wished for at a snap of his fingers and yet was not
contented, whereas, his servant, having so little was extremely contented.
The Personal Assistant listened attentively and came to a conclusion. He said, “Your Majesty,
I believe that the servant has not been made part of The 99 Club.”
“The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?” the King inquired.
To which the Assistant replied, “Your Majesty, to truly know what The 99 Club is, you will have to
do the following... place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant’s doorstep, you will then
understand what The 99 Club is.”
That very same evening, the King arranged for 99 Gold coins to be placed in a bag at the servant’s
doorstep. Although he was slightly hesitant and he thought he should have put 100 Gold coins into
the bag, but since his assistant had advised him to put 99 that is what he did.
The servant was just stepping out of his house when he saw a bag at his doorstep. Wondering about
its contents, he took it into his house and opened the bag. When he opened the bag, he let out a
great big shout of joy...Gold Coins... so many of them. He could hardly believe it. He called his wife
to show her the coins.
He then took the bag to a table and emptied it out and began to count the coins. Doing so,
THE CLUB 99
