(Continued...)
Once there was
a king. An ordinary commoner was told by him, on an important
mission, to come and see him in his
camp. But the commoner entreated the king to give him some kind of an
authentification, like a ring or something, which would gain him the entry to
the kingís presence when he presented himself at the camp. The king gave him
such a ring; but the ring did not have his (the king’s) seal. It had the seal
of the enemy king. The commoner was perplexed. Why is this king giving him a ring which would
only be identified as the enemy’s?
The
king himself removed his doubt by saying: ‘There are so many of my own couriers
and courtiers who have obtained from me my authentified ring so that they can
meet me any time they like. The line of such people would be so large at any
time, that you would not get anywhere near me
when you come to meet me. But if they see the seal of the enemy king in
your hands they would take you to be a spy and would present you before me in
no time !’
(Continued...)
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