by Sugeng Hariyanto
Eggs In the Pond
One day King Aaron called all his ten ministers. When they had gathered, he said "I want to see how smart Abunawas is."
"What should we do, Your Majesty?" asked one of them.
"There is a pond in the palace garden. I'll put ten eggs in that pond. I'll ordered the ten of you and Abunawas to dive into that pond and take the eggs for me, one egg for each of you. Thus, the last person who dive into the pond will find no egg. The last person must be Abunawas. I want to know how he will solve this poblem," the king explained.
Then the king called Abunawas to the palace. When the smart man arrived, King Aaron said, "Eleven of you are the men that I love most. So far I see that you love me, too. Today I want you to show how much you love me. Go down into the pond in the palace garden. Each of you should find an egg in that pond for me. Those eggs will be a token of your love for me. If you fail to find an egg for me, it means you don't love me."
Abunawas wondered about the king's intention behind his order. He watched the ministers one by one. They neither looked surprised nor confused.
Before long one of the minister dived into the pond. In a few second, he appeared again with an egg on his right hand. He climbed up and gave the egg to the king respectfully. The king looked happy. Then other ministers took turns to do the same thing as the first. Abunawas got the last turn. He thought that were many eggs in the bottom of the pond. Soon he jumped into it.
After some time diving and looking for the egg in the pond, Abunawas appeared on the surface of the pond. He saw all the ministers had laid their eggs on the table in front of the king.
Abunawas dived into the pond again. He was still sure that there were many eggs inside the pond. He searched at the bottom of the pond. Unfortunately, he did not get the egg. He finally thought that the king was making fun of him. Suddenly he smiled and his eyes flickered with a bright idea.
He got out of the pond. Suddenly he patted his own thighs and make a crowing sound, "cock-a-doodle-do, cook-a-doodle-do!"
The king and the ministers laughed at what he had just done.
The king asked, "Where is the egg, Abu? Everybody gets an egg for me, except you. You don't present anything to me. You don't love me, do you?" asked the king.
"My present is the most important one, You Majesty," said Abunawas.
"You didn't give me anything," Abu.
"I did, Your Majesty," answered Abunawas. "The ministers who give you eggs are the hens. A hen can only lay an egg if there is a rooster. I am the rooster that help the ten ministers produce the eggs. Without me, they would not be able to present any egg, Your Majesty."
All of the people laughed at him. They agreed with Abunawas' idea.
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"What should we do, Your Majesty?" asked one of them.
"There is a pond in the palace garden. I'll put ten eggs in that pond. I'll ordered the ten of you and Abunawas to dive into that pond and take the eggs for me, one egg for each of you. Thus, the last person who dive into the pond will find no egg. The last person must be Abunawas. I want to know how he will solve this poblem," the king explained.
Then the king called Abunawas to the palace. When the smart man arrived, King Aaron said, "Eleven of you are the men that I love most. So far I see that you love me, too. Today I want you to show how much you love me. Go down into the pond in the palace garden. Each of you should find an egg in that pond for me. Those eggs will be a token of your love for me. If you fail to find an egg for me, it means you don't love me."
Abunawas wondered about the king's intention behind his order. He watched the ministers one by one. They neither looked surprised nor confused.
Before long one of the minister dived into the pond. In a few second, he appeared again with an egg on his right hand. He climbed up and gave the egg to the king respectfully. The king looked happy. Then other ministers took turns to do the same thing as the first. Abunawas got the last turn. He thought that were many eggs in the bottom of the pond. Soon he jumped into it.
After some time diving and looking for the egg in the pond, Abunawas appeared on the surface of the pond. He saw all the ministers had laid their eggs on the table in front of the king.
Abunawas dived into the pond again. He was still sure that there were many eggs inside the pond. He searched at the bottom of the pond. Unfortunately, he did not get the egg. He finally thought that the king was making fun of him. Suddenly he smiled and his eyes flickered with a bright idea.
He got out of the pond. Suddenly he patted his own thighs and make a crowing sound, "cock-a-doodle-do, cook-a-doodle-do!"
The king and the ministers laughed at what he had just done.
The king asked, "Where is the egg, Abu? Everybody gets an egg for me, except you. You don't present anything to me. You don't love me, do you?" asked the king.
"My present is the most important one, You Majesty," said Abunawas.
"You didn't give me anything," Abu.
"I did, Your Majesty," answered Abunawas. "The ministers who give you eggs are the hens. A hen can only lay an egg if there is a rooster. I am the rooster that help the ten ministers produce the eggs. Without me, they would not be able to present any egg, Your Majesty."
All of the people laughed at him. They agreed with Abunawas' idea.
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