Theme: Humility; respect for animals
The king and the bee
Once upon a time there was a king named Solomon. His
fame was known far and wide, besides having many riches,
he was also very wise and was admired for it.
One hot sunny afternoon, a bee flew into the room where
the king was. The guards, wanting to prevent her from
sting the king, rushed to try to kill her, but the king
stopped them.
- Even a little bee like that is a useful being and must
stay alive - he explained.
So, the bee was spared, and the guards just moved their
arms to get her out the window.
One day, the ruler of a neighboring kingdom decided to
challenge King Solomon's fame and, willing to see if he
was really as wise as they said, he went to visit him.
The neighboring sovereign proposed to King Solomon many
riddles, all of which were solved without difficulty.
The visitor then had an idea and proposed a final
challenge to the king. He went to the royal garden and
picked a beautiful flower from there. Afterwards, he
ordered his artisans, who were excellent artists, to
make 99 artificial flowers that were identical to that
one.
King Solomon was called to find, among all those
flowers, the only true one.
The artists' work was really perfect and the king, as
hard as he tried, could not find any difference among
the flowers.
It was then that the king heard a buzz near his ear and
saw that the bee had entered his palace again. He
followed the flight of the small bee with his eyes,
which flew over the flowers and landed on one of them,
the only one that had nectar.
King Solomon smiled, took the flower, and said:
– This is the flower from my garden.
The defiant sovereign was disappointed. He returned to
his kingdom astonished, having to admit that the king's
fame was authentic.
King Solomon, who was really very wise, and who had
benefited from a simple bee, knew that no one is so
great that never needs help, and no one is so small that
cannot help.
(Adapted from the story “King Solomon and
the Bee” told by Andi Rubisntein.)
Translation:
Larissa Martine - larissa_am@hotmail.com
Material de apoio para evangelizadores:
Clique para baixar:
Atividades
marcelapradacontato@gmail.com
