Sunday, June 7, 2009

Silent is golden. Really?


Dear Bloggers, we often hear a wise word saying “Silent is Golden”. But, I’ll show you here, that it’s not always true. Read this interesting Chinese old story.

Speaking Skull.

Once upon a time, there was a young ranger. He walked alone across the country, from one village to another, from time to time, when finally he entered a jungle. While he was walking in the middle of the jungle he heard a voice of a grumbling man. He wondered if there was a man in the middle of the jungle. He then looked for the voice, and the young ranger was very surprised, when he found that the voice was coming from a skull, a speaking skull.

Ranger : “Hi, skull. Why are you here? What really happened?”

Skull : “I’m here, because my mouth talked too much!”

As the young ranger was too much wonder on what’s happening, he immediately walked off the skull. He ran out of the jungle. He told everyone about what was happening. This gossip then quickly spread across the country, when finally the gossip reached into the palace of the kingdom.

Since The King already heard this gossip himself, he then ordered his guards to invite the young ranger to authenticate about the gossip. The young ranger then came appear before the king.

The King: “Young Ranger, is it true that you found a speaking skull in the middle of the jungle?”

Young Ranger: “Absolutely true, my Lord”.

The King: “Do you dare to authenticate about your words?”

Young Ranger: “Sure, my Lord. I do.”

The King: “Good. If it’s proven to be true, I’ll give you a large number of rewards. But, if it’s not proven, your neck must be cut-off, since you had already spreading a falsehood across this country”.

The King, The Young Ranger, and dozens of the kingdom guards then went into the jungle where the ranger found the skull. Getting into the place where the skull existing, The King then asked the skull:

The King: “Hi, skull. If it’s true that you can speak, talk to me. Please let me know of what already happened to you so that you are here!”

Unfortunately, the skull wouldn’t say anything, although The King repeated his question several times. The King then ordered The Young Ranger to talk to the skull himself.

Young Ranger: “Dear, skull. Please say something. Say that you can speak, like what you had done sometimes ago. Please!”

Though The Ranger repeated his question more times, unfortunately the skull just kept in silence. The King then became angry. He ordered his guards to cut The Ranger’s neck off. The Ranger’s head cut-off then put beside the skull. The King and his guards immediately went away.

Knowing that The Young Ranger’s head cut-off is beside him, the speaking skull asked him:

The Skull: “Young Ranger. Please let me know why you are here?”

Young Ranger: “I’m here, because my mouth talked too much!”

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