a man started meditating
on one leg
without eating
standing in ice cold water
in dead winter
in the open sky
at the setting of the sun!
minutes turned into an hour
hour passed after another!
his body started turning blue
his breaths became erratic
his nerve started sinking
but he withheld his vow!
---
despite hating such brazen acts,
god appeared.
just to save a life.
---
"Make the wish you want to!" He said
"give me money, o almighty!"
god waved his hand in thin air and produced
a gold pitcher full of gold coins.
"happy?" god asked
"somewhat. but i want more, o lord! what u have given will finish in a year"
god smiled and again waved his hand in air and produced
an elepant made of gold!
"enough, child?"
"huge! but this will finish in 10 years!"
god smiled much broader this time, closed his eyes
and produced a mountain of gold!
"hope this will be more than enough, son!"
"surely, god! surely! but pardon me, this too will finish in 100 years!"
---
"how much do you really want, child?" God asked curiously!
"enough to last for a lifetime!"
"then you should have first checked the length of your life, son!"
"oh yes, o yes. tell me that, God! tell me how long will i live?"
the man started sweating in that freezing cold!
---
god checked his diary
and then replied
"you will finish earlier than the coins in your pocket, son!"
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