الأربعاء، 23 سبتمبر 2009

The merchant and the dove

This is a story sent to me by my uncle and thought to share it with you ,and tell me what do you think of it ??
There were a silk merchant living t in Holakhan, he was a big man with a tiny scar on his face. Every day a small dove used to come to his shop to pick some seeds, drink from his water pot, and stay till the end of working day. One day there were no shoppers around so he decided to play with the dove, by hiding the seeds and water, but the dove as usual came and stayed till the end of working day. After a few days he looked at the dove and asked: “you are very cute, but there are no seeds or water in my shop and I am sure you don’t need my silk …so….. What do you want??” The dove smiled and said: “I will answer your question if you first tell me about this tiny scar on your face and about the secret of this nice scent in your shop??” The merchant took the little dove gently in his hands and said: “no one have ever dared to ask me!! The tiny scar is wrongdoings I did before in the past”, then added with a voice full of tears: “the scar is bigger, wider and deeper in my heart”. After a while he smiled to the dove and put it closer to his face and said: “the scent is my love to all human beings, animals and things in this world”. The dove jumped to the merchant shoulder and whispered to him with passion: “I don’t want seeds, water or silk I just want you”.The dove flew smoothly to the woods, followed by the merchant, with a big wide smile on his face and no one have seen them again