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ONLY YOU<br />
There once lived a king, but he was not just any king. He<br />
was one of those kings who was so important, so powerful<br />
that history books will talk about him forever. This king<br />
ruled an area bigger than the land we now call America.<br />
His territory extended from sea to sea, across mountain<br />
ranges and deserts, through the jungle. No one knows how<br />
many subjects he had, because there were too many to<br />
count. People used to say that if you put all his money together,<br />
in one place, it would fill the oceans.<br />
This king was the most powerful man the world had ever<br />
seen. Anything he commanded happened instantly. They<br />
tell the story that one time in the middle of winter, the<br />
king was craving mangoes. But, it was winter, and as you<br />
know the trees only give mangoes in the summer. However,<br />
this king was so powerful that when the mango trees<br />
heard he wanted their fruit, they began to produce huge,<br />
beautiful mangoes. The snow was washed off, and the king<br />
had sweet mango in December.<br />
Being such a powerful king of such a large region, he had<br />
to travel quite a bit. And travel in those days was not as<br />
easy as it is today. There were no trains or airplanes. The<br />
king traveled by carriage, or it is more correct to say, he<br />
traveled with an army of carriages. And, because travel<br />
was so slow and difficult, he was frequently gone for long<br />
periods of time.<br />
One time, he had been away for many months, visiting the<br />
farthest reaches of his kingdom, ensuring that everyone<br />
was happy, that everyone was taken care of. For, even<br />
though he was so rich and so powerful and had more subjects<br />
and money than one could count, he had a very pure<br />
heart and was very dedicated to all of his subjects. When<br />
he was about to return home, he sent letters to all of his<br />
queens (in those days kings had many, many queens). In<br />
the letters he asked if there was anything they would like,<br />
any special gift he could bring them from far away. Of<br />
course, he always returned with carriages collapsing under<br />
the weight of so many gifts for his family, but he<br />
wanted to know if they had any special requests.<br />
Each queen sent a list back to the king. “Bring me silk<br />
sarees, lined with gold...bring me diamonds, fresh out of<br />
the Earth....bring me pearls from the depths of the sea....”<br />
However, while all of the other queens sent long lists, one<br />
queen sent only a piece of paper with “1” written on it.<br />
The king was baffled, for even though he was very pure<br />
and very devoted, he was not always very smart. He turned<br />
to his chief minister and said, “This queen is stupid. I knew<br />
when I married her that she was stupid. Everyone else sent<br />
a list of gifts they want. This queen writes only ‘1’ on the<br />
paper. What is ‘1’?”<br />
The chief minister was very wise; he was a true man of<br />
God, and he could see people’s hearts. He laid his hand on<br />
the king’s shoulder. “No, no.” He said. “The ‘1’ means ‘only<br />
you.’ She is saying that she only wants you. Everyone else<br />
wants jewels and sarees and silks. When this queen writes<br />
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