English - The Story of Ahikar, Grand Vizier of Assyria.pdf
An Absolute Winner
1. AN ABSOLUTE WINNER
As long as the tree had clusters of leaves covering its naked body; it was in state of
perennial bliss; relaxing splendidly in the shade; well sequestered from the acerbic
sunshine,
As long as the watery eyeball had a fold of brown skin covering its body; it slept and
awoke without the slightest of effort; as when it leisurely wanted,
As long as the bird had an ensemble of ruffled feathers covering her body; she
displayed astronomical audacity of soaring high against the most freezing of winds,
As long as the bricks had a fortified coat of cement covering their body; they felt like
the strongest entities existing on this earth; having the tenacity to resist even the most
tumultuous of earthquake,
As long as the raw bones had a blanket of skin covering their body; they grew and
nourished at will; relished the comfort of always being in placid cool; while their
covering absorbed all of the sweltering heat,
As long as the sky had a cocoon of clouds covering its body; it was in stupendous
rhapsody; being able to rampantly fantasize at will; without the world staring at it;
unrelentingly into its eyes,
As long as the conglomerate of yolk and rich protein had a shell of obdurate white
covering its body; it harnessed and sprouted perfectly; eventually evolving into a
handsome and delectable fledgling with the passage of time,
As long as the barren skull had a shock of curly hair covering its body; it euphorically
thrust itself forward; even to confront the most mightiest of blows; feeling relatively
safe under the spongy cushion sticking out from it; all night and day,
As long as the flower had a consortium of redolent petals covering its body; it swayed
flirtatiously with each draught of wind; twinkled merrily under the star studded
midnight,
As long as the swirling ocean had infinite granaries of salt to cover its body; it
resembled a majestic prince; with scores of vivid fish and aquatic life inhabiting its
salubrious waters,
As long as the teeth had a sheen of enamel to cover their body; they uninhibitedly
became ready to chew virtually anything; ranging from unripe plums to the hardest of
steel circulating in the markets,
2. As long as the candle had an enclosure of emerald glass to cover its body; it burnt
flamboyantly with passionate intensity; even in the midst of a cyclonic storm,
As long as the golden ink had the capsule of fountain pen to cover its body; it oozed
out harmoniously in sporadic intervals; inundating blank sheets of paper with
exquisite lines of calligraphy,
As long as white electricity had boundless tunnels of plastic to cover its body; it ran at
lightening speeds without any skepticism of hurting anyone; and yet at the same time
illuminating the entire township with brilliant light,
As long as the child had its mother to cover its tiny body; it bounced boisterously;
mischievously smiling and discovering a host of new things every second,
As long as the heart had love to cover its throbbing body; it simply refused to quit
beating; continued to live and exist immortally beyond the definition of time,
And as long as a human being had God to cover his body; he didn't face any
difficulty whatsoever in leading life; and inspite of being encapsulated with hordes of
barricades and dilemmas; he always emerged an absolute winner under the sacrosanct
cover of the Almighty Creator.