Jack Readin - Hot and Cold Berries

Once there was a king. His Kingdom was prosperous and people of his Kingdom were happy. But king is always in pursuit of making his citizens get all, they deserve rightfully. For that he choose very unusual method like roaming in kingdom, being imposter and getting information about welfare of citizens and checking his officials are performing their duties or not.
       

               One day as a same routine, the king want out as an imposter(As very old man hold a walking stick in one hand), roaming in the kingdom just usual. It was a very hot day with dry wind blowing. The king just passing through fields where the crops are just fully grown and ready for  harvesting. It was a mid day noon time and no one is there any where, but there was a tree far away in middle of fields. The king tough there may be some water to drink near that, as he is getting very thirsty after such long walk.

                                                        

                                                                           When King reach near the tree he saw some kids sitting on the top branches of berry tree. The king approaches blow the tree and saw there were two boys plucking the berries, he asked for some water near by.

Old Man (The King) : Hello, my little children, will you help the old man?

First Kid: Hello mister, how can we help you?

Old Man (The King) : I am feeling very thirsty, and want some water to drink. Do have something 

                                    to drink or is there some water nearby the fields? 

First Kid: No mister, sorry but there is no water near but very far at the end of field there is a pond     

                for irrigation of the fields. But you can have these berries, they are very juicy and might  

                quench your thirst for a while and then you can go to the end fields to the pond to drink 

                water.

Old Man (The King) : God bless my child! I would really like to try some berries, if it is not much of 

                                     a trouble for you. 

First Kid: Ok mister, then what kind of berries you would like to have? HOT or COLD.

Old Man (The King) (In confusion): What? how can a berries be HOT or COLD at the same time on 

                                                            a same tree? 

First Kid: Mister, we will give you both, leave that up to us you just tell what would you like to eat 

                first a HOT one or a COLD one? 

Old Man (The King) (still in confusion): OK, let me have hot one first.

The kid just throw some berries on the ground. Then the old man just picked up the berries from the ground blow air through mouth to remove the dirt, and eat the berries. After eating he asked

Old Man (The King): Ok, It doesn't seems to hot. Now let me have some cold ones

Listening to this both the kids came down of the berry tree and gave some berries in the hands of old man. After eating the berries which were not so different from the previous ones, he asked the kids

Old Man (The King): They both seems same to me, so why you called the one HOT and other COLD

Fist Kid (Laughing): Sorry for my mischief mister. but the first which you picked up from ground 

                                  and blow air from mouth to remove dirt is the HOT ONES as if you eat 

                                  something hot you do the same thing, blowing air to make it cold. And the  

                                  berries we just gave you in the hands are the COLD ONE as you eat them 

                                  directly without blowing them.

All of filled with laughter after hearing this. And then the old man speak.

Old Man (The King): Ok, you are very smart kid my child, let have some introduction. What is your 

                                   name

First Kid : My Lord, my name is Jack Readin and he is my friend tom and you are our King.

The King (Completely Astonished) Oh my God. Jack how can you know, i am the king?

Jack Raedin: My Lord, I have been watching you for long time and thinking what an old man doing 

                      in these field in the middle of noon. Then i saw your stick which you were holding    

                      and i thought why this old man bother to bring this stick, if he is not using it for  

                      walking and holding the stick from the middle just like a sword.

The King: Ok , but how you think i am some king. I may be some soldier or a spy.

Jack Readin: No, My Lord. You cannot be a soldier or a spy, because they both carry enough water 

                      and food supply for their journey and you are not carrying any. Only the king can 

                      forgot to take these essential thing for journey as their servants and guards takes care 

                      of such things

The King (smiling): God Bless you. You are very smart kid, come to my place some day i will 

                                 reward you

Continues ...... JACK READIN.... in other story    

                                                                                            

How I LEARNED to get EARNED

I belong to a normal middle-class family and I have all that a middle-class kid used to get. My parent worked hard to gave me everything, I ever wished for, but my mom keep asking me to do more and get more hard working. Focus on your studies and other day to day work.

                                    But whenever she told me these kinds of things, my father used to say that once he will get the vision then he will know how to work hard to achieve that. And my mom says when will that time come, when my son really know the importance of the hard earned money, he so easily send.

After few days I found a dollar in our back yard and I was very happy. I send it all playing video games eating sweets with my friends and all. Next day the same thing happened, a dollar in our backyard and i did the same. This thing used to happens on daily bases and i am sending much more even than my pocket money. I suddenly became a hero to my friend as we are having party every day, when one day after a month there is no more dollar I found in the backyard. I waited for long, but nothing. Again next day I found nothing by this I get depressed. Now all friends are gone, no more lavish living, nothing. I am very sad and sitting in my room. And my dad came

FATHER: I kid what happened, why are you so sad.

ME: Nothing dad, nothing you can help with.

FATHER: Tell me, might be i can

So, I tell him all the story, about getting dollar daily in the backyard and send it all day in playing games and parting with friends. But now there is nothing, no more dollar, No Games, No More Friends

then the father said with a smile

FATHER:  Listen, son the dollars which you found in the backyards were placed there by me.

ME (with shocking expression) what you did that, Why?

FATHER: To teach you a lesson. A lesson to give you vision and how to do hard work to achieve that.

Me: I don't understand. What you trying to say.

FATHER: Whenever me and your mom say to you do hard work, focus on your studies and do some job. You do not listen, because you have all that you want. We fulfil your wishes and you don't have to think where it all came from.

Me: So, why did you did the backyard dollar thing.

FATHER: To give you Vision.

ME: What, I do not understand

FATHER: Yes, When you get a dollar, you started to get if spend. Playing games, earning friends, Parting and all that. but you didn't care, where it came from. The all lavish life you were living is came from that dollar. And you have to have this dollar in your pocket to live such kind of life

                                          Now, You have a vision (how to live lavishly) and target (a Dollar) for which you have to do hard work. How you hard work in studies and get a better life afterwards. And meanwhile if you like you can do small jobs like newspaper delivery and helping other to earn small right now.

ME: Dad you are awesome, you opened my eyes. Now i will do hard work and make myself an earner.

Thank you dad, love you.