BY GO GUY:
There was a certain old wise man
in a certain land. People all over the land came to him for various words of
advice, counsels and wisdom; He was always respected by anyone that came in
contact with him. Also in the same land, lived another certain old man that was
envious of the wise sage, he never saw anything good about him. And he would
wait along to slander the Old sage at every opportunity that presented its self.
This went on for several years, even to the knowledge of the old wise sage, but
he did or said nothing in retaliation against the envious old man to defend
himself. He just however, walked quietly throughout the land like a deaf man and
was even more respected by some people.
Then one day, the envious old man
came to his senses. He realized that he had been wrong all along; despite all
what he did to mar the reputation of the old wise sage he was still loved by many.
So one day, he decided to go straight to the latter and apologize for all the
wrong things he had said about him. And so he did.
Immediately he got to the house
of the wise sage, the slanderous old man went down on his knees and began to
apologize and seek the sage’s forgiveness. In response the sage quietly urged
him to stand, and the former asked if he had been forgiven.
“There is just one thing,” said
the sage, “that you will need to do in order for me to fully forgive you.”
“What is it wise old friend?” he continued,
“Just tell me. I am ready to do anything to make things right between us.”
“Okay. By this time tomorrow,
come to me with a calabash full of fine flour and I will tell you what to do
next.”
