Writing Contest: Honesty Is The Best Policy

There once lived a trader called bob, who buys only silver jewels from one blacksmith in his town. So what the trader actually does is that he buys the jewels at a specific price from the blacksmith and then add some little amount on the jewels he bought and then go to sell them on the market. He was a very honest and sincere trader. So he was loved and cherished by many people. He is the type of trader who will even give his jewels to his clients on credit and later take money from them.

So it once happened one time that the king in the town wanted some jewels for his wife. Which he will be presenting to her on her birthday. So he brought out some gold bars and asked his servants to take it to the blacksmith for him to prepare or make some nice jewels for him. So the gold bars were brought in and the blacksmith got to work. He was able to make some good looking and nice jewels for the king. It happened that on the day of the birthday of the kings wife, the trader was to come for his jewels from the blacksmith. Normally the blacksmith will put the traders jewels separately in a bag or sack. Unfortunately it happened that the blacksmith mixed the kings jewels together with that of the trader. Without noticing what he has done. So when the trader came and was given his jewels together with that of the king. Unfortunately the trader didn’t remember to inspect them, so he carried them away with him.
Later on during the day the king sent a servant to and collect the jewels from the blacksmith. Upon the arrival of the servant, the blacksmith went to search for the jewels from where he always keep his finished jewels or work. To his surprise, nothing was there for him to find.
He kept searching for the jewels for several hours but still couldn’t not find it. He was scared and frustrated. Because they were for the king. He then came out and told the servant that he couldn’t find the jewels. The servant then started to accuse the blacksmith of selling the gold bars. He then quickly rushed to tell the king that the blacksmith has sold the gold bars and hasn’t made any jewels. So the king got upset and sent for him to be called in. The blacksmith then came and explained to the king what happened. But the king refused to accept what the blacksmith was saying to be true. Due to what he was told by his servant. So the king then decided to punish him severely. The blacksmith was sad and then started to pray to god in his heart.

link

Luckily for him god answered his prayers. That is the trader happened to stop by one of his clients place to deliver some jewels to them. So upon bringing out the sack and checking to remove the specific one for the client, he bumped into the golden jewels. He was at that instant shocked and surprised at the same time. So he thought to him self that these are not his and they might be for someone important who has asked the blacksmith to make it for them. So he thought to it that he has to quickly return it to the blacksmith. So he quickly served his client and then ran back to the blacksmith’s place. Upon arrival he wasn’t not there,so he asked around and and he was told that the king has summoned him. He then realized that those were for the king. So he rushed to the palace. He got there at exactly when the blacksmith was to receive his punishment. He then quickly brought out the jewels and told them this wasn’t his. So the king finally believed the blacksmith and was happy to get his jewels back. He asked the blacksmith and the trader to wait for him whiles he goes to present the gift to his wife. After that he came back and told both the trader that he has won or acquired for him self some rewards for being a honest person. So he awarded him with some gold bars. The trader was overwhelmed with joy and happiness. They both left the palace. Before they could get to the blacksmith’s place the news has already spread, there were people gathered at the place. Some of them were carrying items to give it to the trader for the honest work he has done.

In conclusion, the moral of the story above is that as people, we should try and be honest for we wouldn’t know what the honest work we will be doing will impact others and our selfs. Looking at the story, after the trader has realized that the gold jewels wasn’t his and returning it back, the life of the blacksmith was saved and he himself got rewarded for the good work done.

Cc; @goodybest