One day Abu heard from his neighbours that the king was ill.
All good doctors in the country had tried to cure him but all of
them failed. His neighbours suggested him to go to the palace
and cure the king. After wearing his best robe, he then
went to the palace to look in on his
beloved king.
When
he arrived at the palace, it was very quiet. He went directly to the king’s
room. He saw the king lying, still
on bed. Next to the bed were his ministers. They all looked very sad. One of
the ministers approached Abunawas and talked very softly.
He said that the king did not want to eat or drink. He even did
not want to take the medicine. Abu looked closer at his king
for some time. Then suddenly he smiled smartly as if he found
something precious at the king's face. He excused himself to go home for a while and promised to be back soon.
When he got to his house he changed his best robe with the
old one that had a
torn somewhere. He
used a big safety pin to cover up the
torn. Soon he got back to the palace. He approached one of the ministers and said that he
was able to cure the king with one condition; he should be
left alone with the king in the
room.
After everybody was out, Abu closed the door and came over
to the king. He looked carefully at the king's face. He then undid
his safety pin.
"Your Majesty, I have big and sharp safety pin in my hand. I'll count to
three. If you do not get up I'll pierce this pin into both your heels. I know
you're not ill. You're just pretending, Now, I’ll start counting
... one ... two......
"No don't do that Abu!" said the king suddenly.
He got up and sat on bed. “Tell me. How do you know that I'm not ill?"
"It's
simple. Your face looks reddish."
The
king smiled. "You're right, Abu. I'm just pretending. I just want to know
how much my people love me."
"They love
you very much. They're sad when they heard that you're ill, and they offer their prayer to God for
your health"
"I’m happy to
hear that. But, please Abu, you must keep this secret. This
is just between you and me."
"No
problem, Your Majesty," Abu said while winking at the king. Abu went out of the room with a smile on his
face.
"Our
beloved king is getting better now," Abu said. "He
ate
the food and then took the medicine," he continued.
Everybody
looked confused. They had tried everything to
make
their king, eat his food and take some
medicine, but failed. Yet, when Abu came for some minutes, he could
easily make it. They could not
believe it. They were going to ask Abu questions
when they heard a loud voice from inside the room, "Hi, everybody! Come here! I need to talk to
you."
"See?
I told you! Our king is getting better," Abu said calmly
while
leaving them.
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