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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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