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Just a short one off, moral tale :)

Hope you like it!

Mae xoxox

Just a short one off, moral tale :)

Hope you like it!

Mae xoxox Once there was a rich merchant who had four wives (or, for plausibility, four girlfriends). He loved the fourth girlfriend the most.
She was very beautiful and he would adorn her with expensive gowns and treated her to the rarest delicacies.
He took great care of her and she received nothing but the best.

 He also loved his third girlfriend.
He was very proud of her and always wanted to show her off to his friends, however, the merchant was always concerned that she would run off to some other man.

 He loved his second girlfriend, as well.
She was a very considerate person, very patient and was the merchant's confidante.
Whenever the merchant faced problems, he would go straight to girlfriend two and she would support him and help things to work out for the best.



 Now, the merchant's 1st girlfriend was a very loyal partner and has made great contributions in maintaining his wealth and business as well as taking care of the household. However, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her. One day, the merchant fell ill.
He knew that he was going to die soon.
He thought of his luxurious life and told himself, "Now I have 4 wives with me. But when I die, I'll be alone. How lonely I'll be!" So, he asked the 4th girlfriend, "I loved you most, endowed you with the finest clothing and showered great care over you. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"
"No way!" replied the 4th girlfriend and she walked away without another word. The answer cut like a sharp knife right into the merchant's heart.
The sad merchant then asked the 3rd girlfriend, "I have loved you so much for all my life. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"
"No!" replied the 3rd girlfriend. "Life is so good! I'm going to remarry when you die!"
The merchant's heart sank and turned cold. He then asked the 2nd girlfriend, "I always turned to you for help and you've always helped me out. Now I need your help again. When I die, will you follow me and keep me company?"
"I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!" she replied. "At the very most, I can only see you to your grave."
The answer came like a bolt of thunder and the merchant was devastated. Then a voice called out : "I'll leave with you. I'll follow you no matter where you go."
The merchant looked up and there was his first girlfriend. It was only now that he saw how unhealthy she looked. She was so skinny, almost like she suffered from malnutrition.
Greatly grieved, the merchant said, "I should have taken much better care of you while I could have !" We all have four girlfriends (or boyfriends) in our lives... The 4th is our body.
No matter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look good, it'll leave us when we die. Our 3rd?
Our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, they all go to others. The 2nd girlfriend is our family and friends. No matter how close they had been there for us when we're alive, the longest they can stay with us is up to the grave. The 1st is in fact our soul, often neglected in our pursuit of material things, wealth and sensual pleasure but the only one to stick around through thick and thin :)

The Four Wives

Feb 13, 2010 by AbsintheBess
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    32 Comment(s) posted so far

    On Feb 13, 2010 Golden97 wrote:

    Hi Mae. \:\) This was a great moral story. The screenshots were very good too \:rah\:  - Katie

    On Feb 13, 2010 Mangio wrote:

    i absolutely adore the moral \:rah\: great screenshots too \:wub\: superb idea \:\)

    On Feb 13, 2010 pottsyy wrote:

    that was nice Mae. I think it is great that someone would do this once in a while. Love it.
    hugs El

    On Feb 13, 2010 stephyslayer wrote:

    I really liked this, it was well worth reading. \:\)

    On Feb 13, 2010 martoele wrote:

    Mae, this really brought tears to my eyes. \:\(  Your sister also liked short stories with a moral. I really don't know what to say than 'thank you'. 5.0 Hugs from Margo. \:\)

    On Feb 13, 2010 wrote:

    Great Maral Story

    On Feb 13, 2010 cutess45 wrote:

    its a very nice story many things can be learn on this story\:\)

    On Feb 13, 2010 EleCris wrote:

    Great story!!!!!!!!!Thank you very much for sharing 5.0 \:cool\:

    On Feb 13, 2010 HiPi wrote:

    Wow, I was really impressed when I read this, you did a great job! \:wub\: ~HiPi

    On Feb 13, 2010 shaml_sim wrote:

    Mae, what a fantastic moral to the story and one that more people should remember \:\) It was beautifully written and I really enjoyed reading it, thanks for sharing it with us \:wub\:

    On Feb 14, 2010 Bubbles1034 wrote:

    I really loved this it was great.

    On Feb 14, 2010 PenelopeT wrote:

    Very moving! \:wub\:

    On Feb 14, 2010 xxheartlessxx12 wrote:

    Mae, that was such a touching and true moral! One that everyone should keep in mind always. Beautiful! 100+ rating! \:rah\:

    On Feb 14, 2010 candy820 wrote:

    Oh this was so good it gave me chills.\:D  5.0 here\:D

    On Feb 14, 2010 fredbrenny wrote:

    Bravo Mae! *applause* What a clever idea to feed our heads with this moral story! The merchant certainly wasn't a soul man... 5.0!

    On Feb 14, 2010 Bubbablue12 wrote:

    this was great

    On Feb 14, 2010 lillith_666 wrote:

    That was really nice, thank you\:\)

    On Feb 14, 2010 Rosaleena wrote:

    So lovely.. and i nearly cried when the 1st wife did that nice thing.. \:\)

    On Feb 15, 2010 spitzmagic wrote:

    Bravo, this should of been featured. It's an excellent story. Well done.\:rah\:

    On Feb 15, 2010 Jennifer_R wrote:

    What an interesting story and idea! Very true too! Well done Mae. \:rah\: \;\)

    On Feb 15, 2010 BethBaybiiee wrote:

    That story and such a good moral and was very truthful ... Well Done \:D \:rah\:

    On Feb 16, 2010 catsandbooks wrote:

    Another brilliant story! Such a good moral, very true and full of symbolism. Lovely screenshots. Keep it up. \:D

    On Feb 18, 2010 Dungeonaire wrote:

    oooh very nice!

    On Feb 20, 2010 mysteryjack1 wrote:

    This is such an inspirational story, with a very good moral! You should turn this into a children's book \:D I really like the vector art on the first page, did you make that in Adobe Illustrator?

    On Feb 20, 2010 mogan44 wrote:

    This was a great little story! Thank you for sharing, it made me smile!

    On Feb 21, 2010 staceface2009p wrote:

    very nice! people can learn a lot from this! \:D

    On Feb 27, 2010 topaz27 wrote:

    This is a very interesting story, with alot of meanig and thought, thank you so much for sharing this Mae, I am so glad to have read this, I believe we can all learn something very important from this, and we should learn now while we still can, awesome work \:rah\: \:rah\: \:rah\:  \:wub\:

    On Mar 1, 2010 Really? wrote:

    That was great! I loved it.  \:\)

    On Mar 11, 2010 Glamurita wrote:

    great

    On Mar 18, 2010 gamelia wrote:

    \:rah\:

    On Jul 3, 2010 DVSV wrote:

     Good story and pics \;\)

    On Jun 1, 2011 pleasantb wrote:

    That was really good. I really didn't see that four girlfriends thing coming. It's perfectly logical. This story is a life lesson. \:rah\:

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