A CHANGE HAPPENS

There once was a man who was so poor he could no longer provide for his only son. One day the son turned to him and said, ‘Dear father, I see things are so bad that I am a burden to you. I would rather go away and see how I can earn my own living.’ At that, the father gave him his blessing and said goodbye to him with great sadness. At this time the King of a mighty empire was waging a war, and the youth took up service with him and marched off with him to the battlefield. When he came before the enemy there was a battle raging and he was in great danger, and it rained bullets such that his comrades fell all around him. And when the leader also fell, those left were about to flee, but the youth stepped forth, spoke words of encouragement to them, ‘We