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Wisdom story: Will the impatient king learn his lesson or lose it all?
Once upon a time, there was a great king traveling alone through the unknown woods in his kingdom. It was quite unusual for a person of such status to do so. But the king had his reasons. To get unfiltered insights on what was going on in his kingdom and what people thought, were worried or happy about he secretly traveled among his people to gather information directly from them and not from his advisers who embellished or even fabricated information just to please him. But on this trip, the king traveled very far. He had never been so far before and very soon he got lost. He had to travel for two more days since he was aware that he was lost before he finally arrived at a hut late at night. He was hoping that the owners of the hut would welcome him in for the night as it was raining for the whole day while he was traveling. The king knocked on the door and an elderly woman opened the door. The king being soaked and tired asked kindly if he could stay for the night to get warm and maybe get something to eat. As he was waiting for the elderly woman to answer he already made the first step towards the entrance. The elderly woman angrily stoped the king, “Why are you so impatient, I haven’t invited you in!” The king apologized and again tried to explain that he is tired, wet, and hungry and that he was hoping for some kindness”. The elderly woman…