Long Long Ago

అనగా అనగా ..........

Once there was a king. He saw a beautiful girl in his kingdom. She was daughter of a business man. The king called on her father and ordered him to send his daughter to the king’s palace. The helpless father requested the king to leave her and tried to convince the king to marry her at least, but not enjoy her beauty. The king refused it and stressed the businessman to send his daughter. The girl was informed about this. She asked the king to allow her one week time.

After one week, on the prescribed day the girl approached the king’s palace with a convoy of palanquins. Before her carriage, some gold and silver vessels were there in few palanquins. When the king approached her in order to welcome her, the king was shocked by watching her. Because she was not beautiful as she was, when he saw her. She was lean, pale and seemed to be very weak. Totally, she was not beautiful, not healthy, and not even attractive.

With such shock the king asked her “What happened to you my dear beauty.”

The girl replied “oh great king! I filled my beauty in those vessels & I brought them along with me. You go and watch them and enjoy them.”

With puzzled mind, he opened the vessels. Those were filled with bad smelling liquids.

Then the girl continued with the king “Oh! My dear great king! It was my beauty. Those liquid was my vomiting, urine etc. Every day, within this week, I used to consume Castrol oil and I draw that beauty from my body. When those liquid of blood, fuss urine etc are in my body, this body looks like beautiful young girl. Without those liquids, my body looking like this now. So the real beauty of my body is such only. That’s why I brought it along with me for your enjoyment. To enjoy such beauty only, you threw out the ethics. Now come and enjoy this. Otherwise, these bodies also will go to die and mingle with mud. So don’t waste your time. Enjoy it.”

The king realized the truth and left his ethic less and selfish life. Moreover, lived for the sake of faith.

This is the story!

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