Story The Golden Pitcher

THE GOLDEN PITCHER

Long ago in Mongolia, there lived an Emperor who was very arrogant. More than anything else, he loved to stare at his reflection in the mirror.

But one day, he saw something that really puzzled him : there was a grey hair on his head!

Alarmed, he sent for his Royal Advisor.

“I have mouse hair on my head!” he said.

“Nonsense”, said the Advisor. “You just have grey hair as many people do when they get older. You will be seeing more and more of it whenever you look in your mirror.”

 

The Emperor did not like this at all. So, he decided that the only thing to do was to stop looking in his mirror. Furthermore, he decided that mirrors were a big problem, so he decreed that all mirrors should be destroyed throughout his land. And the next day, there was the sound of mirrors breaking everywhere. 

 

After that, the Emperor forgot about the grey hair for a time. But the one day he saw an old man with long white hair an beard. Then, the Emperor was upset because he knew that getting rid of mirrors was not enough to prevent him from seeing grey hair. He also had to get rid of the older people, so they would not remind him that he as getting older himself.

 

So he banned all the old people from his land. His problem had been solved..., or so he thought. 

 

There was one young woman in his land who did not want her grandfather to leave. So, she devised a plan. She did her grandfather in a cave, and gave him a regular supply of food and drink.

 

But shortly after, a very, very windy storm came. It wrecked houses, destroyed buildings, and blew everything out of the Emperor’s palace. Of course, his advisors searched and scoured the land for the Emperor’s items, and they were all found... except for his most prized possession, a golden pitcher.


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