on the not so sunny side of the street

Friday, September 08, 2006

The tribesman who was searching the alchemist's belongings found a small crystal flask filled with a liquid, and a yellow glass egg that was slightly larger than a chicken's egg.

"What are these things?" he asked.

"That's the Philisopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life. It's the Master Work of the alchemists. Whoever swallows that elixir will never be sick again and a fragment from that stone turns any metal into gold."

The Arabs laughed at him, and the alchemist laughed along. They thought his answer was amusing, and they allowed the boy and the alchemist to proceed with all their belongings.

"Are you crazy?" the boy asked the alchemist, when they moved on. "What did you do that for?"

"To show you one of life's simple lessons," the alchemist answered.

" When you possess great treasures within you, and you try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed."

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posted at Friday, September 08, 2006 by Husniyati