Rosey McCall "The Three Questions" by Leo Tolstoy
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- It once occurred to a certain king that if he knew the right time to begin something he would be always right by asking three questions. Who were the right people to listen to? Who to avoid? What is the most important thing to do? He made an announcement throughout his kingdom that he will reward anyone who does.
- He goes out to find an answer to those three questions by asking many learned men in the kingdom. Each man gives their different opinions to the answer to the question. The king decides that none of them are right and then goes to see a wise hermit who lives in the woods.
- The king finally arrives where the hermit is busy digging into the ground for the hut. The king went on to ask him the questions, but unfortunately for the king, the hermit didn’t answer him back. The king decides to offer to dig for a while and the hermit takes a break. The king asks again, but he doesn’t answer so he tells the hermit he will leave if he doesn’t get an answer.
- The most important time is now-the moment you are-the moment you are in-because it is the only you can control. The most important task is doing good to or for whomever you are with. The most important people are who you are with because you never know when you may have to deal with anyone else.
- Then, another person came to a house. The man who came was injured. The king went up and tended to the man's wounds. The king and the hermit took him in the house to sleep.
- The injured man wakes up and admits that he was going to kill the king because he took his brother's life and took his property. Then he goes to explain that when the king never came back down the road he came out of his hiding spot and the king's guards attacked him since they recognized him. If the king didn’t help the man's wounds, he would have died. For saving his life, the man offers to serve the king faithfully. The king gladly accepts.
- The king then goes to the hermit and asks him the three questions again. The hermit's response is, “You already had been answered!”The king had learned a very important valuable lesson in the answers to his three questions.
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