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KING’S CUBE

ARNAKORN BAIMONGKOL : NATJANAN MONGKOLSUPAWAN

In a hidden realm isolated from the down, the king stood up slowly yet
rest of the world, there stood a king. He firmly and silence struck the
had all the qualities of a gentleman; atmosphere. “I’ve summoned all of you
strong, confident, and intelligent. He today because of a serious matter: my
had ruled his kingdom for quite some successor. I saw a potential in many of
time and his age was a major issue. He you as future king of this very kingdom.
needed a successor, but where could I will select the one who can pass my
he find one? His sons were all snobbish, qualification test. Those who wish to
spoilt, and incapable of ruling the apply, rise up.” At the instant the king
kingdom. closed his mouth, four stood up. “Four announced that it was indeed green. discovered that they all saw different
Such a thought bothered him. Day brave souls, huh? Very well. Follow me.” Both started to argue but the king had sides of the cube. He concluded that the
and night passed by as he searched for He led them to a room but he no intention of stopping them. Then a cube was multicoloured. As the fourth
a solution. Then all of a sudden, a stopped short in front of the wooden third candidate joined the quarrel, candidate finished his explanation, the
simple solution flashed into his head. door. “Behind this door, there exist four stating that the cube was red and king smiled. “You are indeed correct. A
He summoned noblemen with great paths into a cube. Your task is simple. he had looked at it very carefully. king doesn’t only have to be able to
abilities. So why shouldn’t he appoint Take a path, find the cube, come back, The argument continued until the make quick decisions. He must also
one of them? He was relieved as his and tell me what colour it is. Easy, eh?” last nobleman came. be able to approach obstacles and
kingdom would not perish with an Without further ado, the candidates As the other three noblemen saw problems from different perspectives in
appropriate king. rushed in. The first person who came him, they all turned and asked about order to solve them. From this day forth,
On the following day, he called up back only saw a glimpse of it and the cube. Instead of replying to the you are now my heir.”
all of his noblemen into the throne room. rushed back. He said it was yellow. The noblemen, he approached the king and
Nobody could read the king’s face or king remained silent. The second told him that he had gone through all MORAL: People see things differently
what he was up to. As everyone sat person ran up to the king and other paths after his own and had from different perspectives.