late king of a community had ten wild
dogs.
He used them to torture and eat any of his
servants who made a mistake. One of the
servants gave an opinion which was wrong,
and
the king didn’t like it at all. So he ordered
that
the servant be thrown to the dogs.
The servant said, “I served you for ten years,
and
you do this to me? Please give me ten days
before throwing me to those dogs!”
The king agreed.
In those ten days, the servant went to the
guard
who looks after the dogs and told him he
would
like to serve the dogs for the next ten days.
The
guard was baffled but agreed, and the
servant
started feeding the dogs, cleaning for them,
bathing them, and providing all sorts of
comfort
for them.
When the ten days were over, the king
ordered
that the servant be thrown to the dogs for
his
punishment. When he was thrown in, we
were all
amazed to see the ravenous dogs only
licking
the
feet of the servant!
The king, baffled at what he was seeing,
said,
”What has happened to my dogs?”
The servant replied, "I served the dogs for
only
ten days, and they didn’t forget my service.
Yet I
served you for a whole ten years and you
forgot
all, at my first mistake!"
The king realised his mistake and ordered
the
servant to be set free.
This post is a message to all those who
forget
the good things a person did for them as
soon as
the person makes a mistake towards them.
Don’t
put out the history that is filled with good
because of a mistake you don’t like.
Hope I made sense?
