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 the 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 3 days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with thick jungles and sounds of vicious animals were heading coming 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 and cut down all the excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. he also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over a months, the island turned into a beautiful place.
The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When 9 months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them : " I know that I have to go to the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now." But the ministers didn't agree to this and said that he has to wait for another 3 months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king is unusually happy to leave the kingdom.
People asked him, " All the other kings would cry at this moment and why are you laughing?"
He replied, " Don't you know what is the wise people say? They say that when you came to this world as a baby, you were crying and everyone is smiling. Live such a life that when you are dying, you will be smiling and everyone of you will be crying. I have lived that life. While the other kings were lost into the luxurious of the kingdom. I always thought about future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully.
Agak-agak dapat tangkap tak apa mesej yang nak disampaikan dalam cerita ni? Hmm..bagus..moral of the story is seperti yang semua tahu..kita ni Allah dah beri guidelines dah bagaimana nak menjalani hidup sehari-hari dengan menghantar PesuruhNya iaitu Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Kehidupan kita kat dunia ni adalah sebagai persediaan untuk kehidupan di Akhirat. Jadi janganlah terlalu leka dengan kemewahan dan kesenangan dunia yang fana ini..(
*p/s : pesanan ini untuk saya juga... (^_^)
