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THE WISE SHEPHERD #Inspirational Moral Stories
Long,
long ago, a shepherd was renowned for being very wise. The king put
him to
the test, by asking him three questions. His first question was how
many
drops of water the sea has! The shepherd replied: ‘Your majesty, once
you dam
up all the world’s rivers so that they can’t enter the sea, I’ll be able
to tell
you exactly how many drops of water exist in the sea.’ The king’s next
question
was how many stars can be found in the sky! At this, the shepherd
took a
pen and covered a huge roll of paper fully with dots. Then, he said:
‘Your
majesty, if you count all the dots in this sheet, you’ll know how many
stars
there are in the sky.’
The king’s
last question was how many seconds exist in eternity! The
shepherd
answered: ‘There is a mountain as broad as the sea, reaching the
stars in
the sky. An eagle goes to this mountain once in a hundred years,
pecking
it with his beak. One second of eternity will pass when the entire
mountain
has been worn off by the eagle.’ The king praised the shepherd and
appointed
him as his counsellor.
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