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There was once a king of a big country, which still believed in Monarchy. The crown was a magnificent one. It had rubies, gems and diamonds.
All was
going on finem, until one morning when the King complained that he felt that
the crown was too heavy for his head to his Chief Secretary.
The chief
secretary replied-“That may be your majesty is having a headache”.
The king
kept quiet, knowing that his woes won’t be heard by anyone until it snowballed
into something huge.
Nearly
after five days, the King on a private visit to the doctor, informed him of the
headache, which he had been having for the past few days.
The
doctor-“Your majesty does the headache remain
throughout the day? “
The king
thought for a while and then replied-“No, doc the pain goes away in the night,
especially around the time when I go to my residence just after finishing my
royal duties.”
The
doctor-“Does the pain remain when you go to sleep or while you are asleep your
majesty?”
The
king-“No, at that time it completely vanishes. It only comes back in the
morning and remains with me throughout the day till evening.”
The doctor
thought for a while and said-“Your majesty, it’s nothing. Your crown is causing
all the pain. As you wear it all around the day, it becomes too much for your
head to carry its weight and you suffer from headaches.”
The
King-“Oh! Even I thought so.”
The
doctor-“I would advice your lordship to either change your crown or to stop
wearing it.”
The king
got enraged upon hearing this.
The
King-“Are you mad doctor? Don’t forget that this crown is the royal symbol of
this great nation. If I stop wearing this crown while executing my duties, then
it would be equivalent to this nation not having a monarch.”
The
doctor-“I am sorry your lordship, I didn’t mean to cause any disrespect. I
would inform the Queen about all this.”
The
King-“You shan’t do anything of this sort. It’s an order”.
The
doctor-“I am sorry your majesty, I can’t keep it a secret from her majesty the
queen for she too has a governing role in this great nation and in matters
which persist with your health, it is my ethical and moral duty to inform her.”
The king
kept quiet hearing this. He had expected this sort of thing from the fat
bellied doctor.
The doctor
bowed and took his leave and soon the drama began.
As soon as
the queen was informed that the King’s headache was due to his crown. The queen
started consulting with scholars, scientists and other big people, to find out
a way to help the king.
Just as the
king had expected, scores and scores of scientists, doctors and other people of
the society started disturbing his office, to be able to have a meeting with
him.
He nearly
refused all. His headaches kept on increasing. On some days he would take
medicines and on some days, he would blatantly refuse them.
Finally, a
team of top seven scientists from all across the world came on a fully paid visit
to his castle.
They had
already found a way to help the king. But the king refused to meet them.
The queen
had to persuade him a lot. At last he agreed.
The
scientists came and the king looked like a child who had been asked to double
or triple homework.
The king
came and sat on his chair. The scientists too sat down at their designated
places.
The head
scientist began-“Your majesty we have studied your crown in detail.”
The King
raised his eyebrows-“What do you mean you have studied my crown in detail?”
The
scientist-“Sir, its design and a complete 3D diagram was sent by your chief
secretary”.
The King
mentally thought that he was going to chew his chief secretary out after this
absurd team of scientists left.
The
scientist continued-“After a lot of deliberation, we have come to the
conclusion that the gold in the crown must be replaced with light weight golden
bands and the diamonds, rubies and gems must be replaced with replicas, so that
the weight of your crown gets reduced.”
The
King-“To give this nonsense idea, has this great nation called upon you all?”
The
scientist-“No, your majesty. We are sorry if we have offended you.”
The
King-“Where do you all come into this?”
The
scientist-“Majesty, our specialty would be that, your new crown would look exactly
like your current one, it would
extremely light on your head and people won’t know the difference.”
The king
upon hearing all this, felt like a buyer in a spectacle showroom.
The King-“My
crown is my pride. I can’t change it even if my head breaks.”
The
scientist-“But sir, your headaches won’t go away.”
The King-“Don’t
batsmen wear helmets all day along? Especially in the test series? Aren’t they
able to score singles, doubles, fours and sixes while wearing it? Isn’t it heavy
on their heads?”
The scientist-“But
sir, they play cricket and score runs and it’s their duty.”
The King-“In
the same way, when I take decisions, I too score a single, sometimes a double.
Sometimes even boundaries and when the situation turns grave, I do score a six.
I too do my duty.”
The scientists
understood that the King wouldn’t budge and would remain adamant on his request
They tried
to convince him, but the king remained quiet and that signaled the end of
discussion.
The scientists
returned empty handed to their respective nations. All of them had thought that
they would be able to get lucrative jobs in that country after helping the king,
but they weren’t given a single damn award.
The Queen
to gave up on convincing the King to listen to the advice of the scientists and
the King continued doing his duties while very proudly and grandly wearing his
crown.
Soon, his
headaches too stopped, and everything was well again.
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