Once upon a time there was a King of great valour and ambition . He was constantly waging wars or going on hunts - which is really the same thing - one has men involved the other has animals .
In the King' s entourage there was a Doctor ( Medicine Man ) who was always alongside with his bag of tricks to take care of any ill befalling the King This MM (as we shall call him) was a man of a philosophical bent of mind and very skilled at his calling .
It so happened , that one day while fighting , the King badly injured a finger. MM attended to it by using his creams and lotions and providing a dressing .
Several days passed without the finger healing and to every query of the King about expected time of healing MM philosophically said it was not known
Anyway , it so happened that the wound got infected and finally the finger had to be amputated .
The enraged King had MM thrown into chains in a dungeon .
Some time later the King was in the forest hunting when he was captured by the indegenous tribe of the forest . It was a day of their festival and they needed a human sacrifice and thought this royal personage to be eminently suited . So they started to prepare him for the ritual when suddenly their Chief shouted " Stop! We can't use him . He is not whole ! He has only 9 fingers !
The King found his freedom and was relieved to return to the Palace .
He went straight to the dungeon and had MM released thanking him profusely for actually doing him a favour by amputating his finger and saving his life in more ways than one.
He said he was very sorry to have treated him very badly and made him experience hardship of the dungeon.
MM said smilingly that he had to thank the King for putting him there
Intrigued , the King asked WHY ?
MM : Had you not done so I would have been there along with you and would have been the only whole person available for sacrifice !
Knowledge reveals itself in strange manner...atee sunder.
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