ESL Blogs

Once upon a time in Java Island, there was a king, and he was old. He was frustrated because he didn't have a son to be his successor. Finally he asked all of youth in his village to come to his castle and the king would choose one of them.

The next day, in the morning, there was a crowd of youth before the castle and the king started to give speech.

King : "My people, I ask you to get here because there is something to have to deliver to you. I will choose one of the young man here to be my successor. I will give you one seed bring it home, plant it and bring back to me a year later.

After the king finished giving speech, all of the young man got one seed to plant.

There was a boy named Bima. He was excited to bring a seed and asked his mom to help him to plant the seed. Every day he watered the seed hope it would be a beautiful plant.

After time went by, month by month, young man in the village talked about their seed. They were very happy, because they had a beautiful plant from that seed. But it didn't happen to Bima. His seed never grew being a beautiful plant like others. He was very disappointed and distressed. He always avoided his friends while they talked about their plant.

A year pass by, this time all young people came to the catle and bring their pot with diverse plant in it. They were happy to show the plant to the king. The king suddenly paid attention to the young boy and asked something..

King :"What is your name son?"

Bima :"My name is Bima my lord"

King :"Where is your plant?"

Bima:"I am so sorry my King, I am not such a good boy, i am not able to look after your seed, please forgive me my lord."

King smilled and leaved him behind.

King :"Now, I have decided who is my successor.. and he is.... BIMA"

Bima was shocked, because why he was chosen while he never got a plant from that seed.

All of the young man didn't accept his decision, and asked to king to describe why King chose Bima.

King :"My people, a year ago I gave you a seed, everyone got one seed, and I asked you to bring it home, plant it, and bring back here a year later, and Just BIMA did what I asked."

King:"You know what, I give you boiled seed. and today I can see that only BIMA bring my seed"

Finally, that village got a new King, He was BIMA.

"Honesty can show the truth"