100 Moral Stories 63
were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.
Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife
could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at
his side of the island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife
and decided to leave the second man on the island.
He considered the other man unworthy to receive God’s blessings,
since none of his prayers had been answered.
As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, “Why are you
leaving your companion on the island?”
“My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them,” the first man answered.
“His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve anything.”
“You are mistaken!” the voice rebuked him. “He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for
that, you would not have received any of my blessings.”
“Tell me,” the first man asked the voice, “What did he pray for that I should owe him anything?”
“He prayed that all your prayers be answered.”
For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us.
THE CLEVER KING!
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person
who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after his
one year of being a king.
One king finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people
dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to
say goodbye to all the people. This was the moment of sadness for all the kings who ruled for one
year. After saying farewell, the people took the king with a boat to remote island and left him there.
On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who
survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the
young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be a king for a year. First he
refused but later he agreed to be a king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and
that how he will be sent to an island after one year.
After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all
the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with
thick Jungles and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of them. The king went little bit
inside to check. Soon he discovered the dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as
soon as they were left in the island, the animals came and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island
and instructed them to clean the Jungle, remove all the deadly animals & cut down all excess trees.
