312 tale 30 the spaceship
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The spaceship
Once upon a time, there
was a very rich monkey king, whose realm was so vast that it had no borders,
because it went all around the planet. He had two sons and his elder son was
going to become the heir to his realm. Nevertheless, what should become of
his younger son?
The younger prince was a
cheerful monkey and already as a child had used to sit at the seashore and
watched the sun going down into the water and the stars being reflected when
the surface was still.
The king was very sad
that the planet was so small and had space only for one realm. And although
the brother princes had always played together, felt that one had to find
another place for himself. When they were old enough, they got married
happily but only one really had a palace for himself.
Then one day, the younger
prince stood with his wife at the seashore and they watched the many stars
reflected by the still surface. “Bring me one of those stars! This shall be
our palace,” said the princess to her husband. For some seconds, the young
monkey prince looked at her a bit perplexed but then his face brightened up
again and he answered, “yes, you are right! But I will not bring the stars to
you because we will go to the stars.” Now, it was the turn of the princess to
be surprised, her face showed him that she didn’t really understand him. “We
are going to build a big spaceship and travel there,” he continued.
Her eyes shone with
delight. That was the reason she loved him for, because he always had
extraordinary ideas and solutions for every problem. Nevertheless, some tears
ran down her cheeks. “Why are you happy and sad at the same time?” he asked
her. “I will follow you wherever you go but I suppose we are not going to see
our planet for a long time.” “Probably, we will never see it again,” he
whispered and hugged her. Slowly they went back to the palace.
The next day, the young
prince sat down with his father and brother to talk about his plan. “We have
always lived in a good relationship with each other and I will be very sad to
leave you, but I need a realm for myself,” he began his speech and then he
told his father and brother about the whole project. First, his audience
listened in silence, then the father took his sons’ hands into his, “I’m very
glad to have such great sons. You are right, you need your own realm and I’m
sure you will find it. Tomorrow, we are going to work out plans for a
spaceship and help you with everything.” He was relieved that the problem of
succession was finally resolved without violence.
The construction of the
vessel took some years and everybody in the community helped. Nevertheless,
one day, it was ready and a big feast took place. From everywhere in the realm,
monkeys had come to celebrate but many arrived with the desire not only to
see the spaceship but also to travel with the prince to find and found a new
kingdom. Some even hoped to find a planet where they could live without
sovereign.
The vessel was as large
as one of the biggest islands on the planet so that the monkeys on the ship
would live as happily as they did on their native planet and not suffer from
any kind of deficiency.
Then, the day of the
departure arrived. Monkeys had been chosen who would participate at the big
adventure; the number was half males and half females. The princess was
pregnant and her first child would be born in space, but she only told the
prince when they were already travelling because she was afraid to be left behind
on the monkey planet.
They had travelled for
many years but still not found a suitable planet, when the prince, now the
king of the spaceship, died. His son overtook the command of the vessel. This
went on for many generations, king after king reigned over the ship.
There were only a few
thousand of monkeys on the ship and the number of new-borns had to be
controlled as space on the flying planet was rare. Everybody knew each other
and in reality, there was no need of a regent. So one day, the current heir
was told to step down from the throne and establish a kind of council of the
most experienced of the monkeys, because the new generations had not chosen
to go on the voyage with his ancestors but were born on the vessel. Some
generations later, members of the council were elected and at the end, every
habitant of the spaceship could participate at the council meetings and the
whole spaceship belonged to everybody.
P.S.: Is this a short
summary of the history of humanity?
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Saturday, 25 January 2020
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