DEATH SPEAKS
There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy daily provisions and in a little while servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master just now when I was in the market place I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was death that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture; now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate. I will go to Samarra and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop, he went. Then the merchant went down to the market-place and he saw me standing in the crowd and he came to me and said, why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning? That was not a threatening gesture, I said, it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.
Note: this is originally an Arabic story, writer is anon..but was republished in Jeffrey Archer's "To Cut A Long Story Short"...
There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy daily provisions and in a little while servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master just now when I was in the market place I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was death that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture; now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate. I will go to Samarra and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop, he went. Then the merchant went down to the market-place and he saw me standing in the crowd and he came to me and said, why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning? That was not a threatening gesture, I said, it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.
Note: this is originally an Arabic story, writer is anon..but was republished in Jeffrey Archer's "To Cut A Long Story Short"...
Wow fascinating...real nice
ReplyDeleteHehehehe...That was too good..Its just our Destiny.....We can't run away from it....Jo honna hai so honnna hai...
ReplyDelete@aditi and rakhee
ReplyDeleteshort is always sweet...wat's the use of writing essays when few words/lines can describe the emotions/stories fully...
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