THE KING AND THE PAWNBROKER
Added on: 8th Aug 2016
KING OZYMANDIAS OF ASSYRIA
WAS RUNNING LOW ON CASH
AFTER YEARS OF WAR
WITH THE HITTITES.
HIS LAST GREAT POSSESSION
WAS THE STAR OF THE EUPHRATES,
THE MOST VALUABLE DIAMOND
IN THE ANCIENT WORLD.
DESPERATE, HE WENT TO CROESUS,
THE PAWNBROKER,
TO ASK FOR A LOAN.
CROESUS SAID,
"I'LL GIVE YOU 100,000 DINARS FOR IT."
"BUT I PAID A MILLION DINARS FOR IT,"
THE KING PROTESTED.
"DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
I AM THE KING!"
CROESUS REPLIED,
"WHEN YOU WISH TO PAWN A STAR,
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHO YOU ARE."
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