Don’t Forget

The Best!!!

Once upon a time there was

a shepherd boy tending a few straggling sheep on the side of

a mountain. One day as he cared for his sheep he saw at his feet

a beautiful flower – one that was more beautiful than any he had ever seen in his life. He knelt down upon his knees and scooped the flower in his hands and held

it close to his eyes, drinking in

its beauty. As he held the flower close to his face, suddenly he heard a noise and looked up before him. There he saw a great stone mountain opening up right before his eyes. And as the sun began to shine on the inside

of the mountain, he saw the sprinkling of the beautiful gems and precious metals that

it contained.

With the flower in his hands,

he walked inside. Laying

the flower down, he began

to gather all the gold and silver and precious gems in his arms. Finally with all that his arms could carry, he turned and

began to walk out of that

great cavern, and suddenly

a voice said to him,

“Don’t forget the best.”

Thinking that perhaps he

had overlooked some choice

piece of treasure, he turned around again and picked up additional pieces of priceless treasure. And with his arms literally overflowing with wealth, he turned to walk

back out of the great mountainous vault.

And again the voice said,

“Don’t forget the best.”

But by this time his arms were filled and he walked on outside and all of a sudden, the precious metals and stones turned to dust. And he looked around

in time to see the great stone mountain closing its doors again. A third time he heard

the voice, and this time

the voice said,

“You forgot the best.

For the beautiful flower is the key to the vault

of the mountain.”