APPRENTICE S GIFT

It is said that in West Africa, a village at the edge of the desert lived an old man who had a great life experience, which is why those who lived with him in that village they considered their wise. Every time I had a dilemma on what or how to do something and always appealed to the wisdom of his words had the force of law.

As you get older man began to take him by a number of young people among the most worthy of their community, to share the secrets of the road going through scholarship, so that at a time of all young people to chose three that would be apprentices or learners.

Inevitably at some point between the three youths broke a tacit competition to earn the appreciation of their master, which is why the wise choice to guide each of them in other ways to attain wisdom.

Thus, one of them was assigned to spend more time around animals, to watch behavior needs to know to understand what's the point of this world.

The second young man tasked with monitoring the evolution of plants from the time of their appearance until their final disappearance and "show magic water".

Last couple of the group had to go every night in the desert to understand the meaning of life through meditation and listening to the wind and watching the stars.

If the first and the second couple spent their time in the community in which they lived watching animals and plants, the third locality leaving every night to go to the desert away from human activity and the uproar caused by this . With the directional reference only stars inevitably got lost one night while heading to the place chosen for master nocturnal contemplations. He continued all night to go searching the way to the village, and the morning was thirsty and hungry, he came across a spring with a cold and crystal clear water.

So good that it seemed that water has filled gourd leather carry it to his master. Unfortunately, the journey through the desert lasted four days. However ambitious young man has decided to not drink of the water in the flask had appeased his thirst with dew which managed to gather every morning after the night coolness gave him fluid that needed to live. The effort was consistent and the water we obtained was very little and often was not very clean but remained nezduncinată young ambition and helped to remain consistent with what he had proposed.

Finally find the way home and once in the middle of his community, came immediately to his master told him to all Patan and proudly giving gourd with water.

The old man drank heartily from bedpan, smiled and thanked young happy for the gift made, assuring him that water is not drunk so good in his life. Moreover young man was given as an example to his colleagues who could now no longer his curiosity about the taste of the water so praised flask.

Young already tired of the journey through the desert was now terribly pleased and happy went to his house, just waiting to enjoy the food and deserved rest.

The other two disciples who witnessed the whole scene and her, asked him to give them and learn their wonderful taste of water. Master agreed, handed bedpan one young but when he tasted the water and immediately spit it taste horrible terrified of water for four days in a flask heated leather withering heat of the desert , asked the wise:

- But master, the water taste is terrible! Why you pretended you like?

The old man answered him with a smile on his face:

-You Have only tasted the water. I tasted the gift.

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