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The circle of 99

The circle of 99

To reflect:



There once was a very sad King, who had a page, which as every page of a king sad, she was very happy ... Every morning, the page came to the breakfast of your love, always laughing and singing happy songs ... The smile on your face always drawn, and attitude towards life always serene and cheerful ...
One day the King sent for him:
- PAGE - said the King - what's your secret?
- What secret, Highness?
- What is the secret of your joy?
- There is no secret, ... Majesty
- Do not lie page ... you know that I have sent many heads cut for minor offenses than their lie!
- But I'm not lying! I do not keep any secrets.
- And you're always cheerful and happy?
- Majesty, I have no reason to be sad: I am very honored to serve your Highness, I have my wife and children, and live in the house in which the Court granted ; are clothed and fed, and always get a few silver coins to satisfy some tastes .... as not being happy?
- If you do not tell me now what is your secret, send behead him - said the King - Nobody can be happy for these reasons that you gave me!
- But Majesty, there is no secret .. . Nothing satisfies me more than cure your curiosity, but there's really nothing I'm hiding.
- Get out of here before I call the guards.
The page smiled, made ​​the usual obeisance and left the King in his thoughts.
King was crazy.
I could not understand how the page could be happy living in a house that belonged to him, third-hand clothes and feeding the remains of the courtiers.
When he calmed down he called the wisest of his counselors, and told him the conversation he had with the page in the morning.
- Sage, why is he happy?
- Ah, Your Majesty! What happens is that it is outside the circle ...
- Outside the Circle?
- Yes
- And that's what makes him a happy person?
- No, Your Majesty. This is not what makes you miserable ...
- Let's see if I understand: being in the circle always makes us unhappy?
- Exactly.
- And as it turned out that this circle?
- It never entered.
- never entered? But what is this circle?
- It's the Circle of 99 ...
- I really do not understand anything of what you say.
- The only way to understand that your highness would be showing by the facts.
- How?
- Making it enters the Circle.
- Yes! So obrigarei in!
- No, Your Highness, nobody can be forced to come ...
- So we have to trick him
- do not need ... if given the opportunity, he will come by itself.
- For yourself? But he did not notice that this will cause your unhappiness?
- Yes, but still enter ... You can not help it!
- I know it says it will step to the unhappiness and still come?
- Yes Are you willing to lose an excellent page to understand the structure of the Circle?
- Yes *
- So this night I shall fetch you. You must have prepared a leather pouch with 99 gold coins. But 99 should be accurate, neither one more nor one less.
- What else? Should I bring an escort to protect us?
- Nothing more than the leather bag, Majesty ...
- Then go. We see at night
... So it was
that night the King sought the wise and together they went to the courtyards of the palace.
If hid near the house of the page, and there awaited the first sign.
When inside the house is lit the first candle, the sage took the leather bag and tied it with a paper that said the following words: "This treasure is yours. It is the prize for being a good man. Enjoy and do not tell anyone how you found this bag."
As soon left bag with the note on the door of the page. He batted once and ran to hide. When the page opened the door, the wise King and peered through the trees to see what would happen. The page saw the package at your door, looked around, read the paper bag and shook, when he heard the metallic sound, shuddered from head to foot, shook the bag to his chest and quickly went into his house.
King wise and then approached the window to witness the scene.
The page had dumped the entire contents of the bag on the table, leaving only the candle to light. Had sat down and his eyes could not believe what they were seeing ..
It was a mountain of gold coins!
He who had never played in one of these suddenly had a lot of them ...
He played and crowded, and caressed was shining in the candlelight.
gathered and sprawled, making batteries ...
And so, playing, began to make piles of 10 coins. One, two, three, four, five .... and while this amounted 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 ... formed until the last cell ... 99 coins?
His gaze traveled the table first, seeking more money, so the floor and finally the bag. "It can not be" - he thought.
He put the last pile next to the other 9 and noted that this was actually lower.
- I stole! I stole - screamed
once again searched everywhere but found what he thought to be missing ....
On the table, as if mocking him, a mountain shone and reminded him that they had ONLY 99 coins. "99 coins ... a lot of money" - he
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