The afternoon was nearing its end, the Guide Star had lit the flame in the sky, when I found a curious company. The way the East is always kept right in the middle of the Wastes, lonely, I was in one of the few crossings, road stretched between two points and connected in turn to the East Road through it without thinking twice. Perhaps
was destiny that we were to meet five people in the middle of a desolate and nearly dead, in which if they are two and it is difficult, they are five is only possible if it were into two groups. But each of us know to others. Each of us had gone his own way.
And at that intersection was a fire glowed, and lay an old man sitting opposite. The road to my left had emerged a traveling merchant, the road opposite a wealthy goldsmith and the way that I would follow the arrival of a scholar. We were five, one for each path and another for the crossing.
goldsmith scholar and saluted and turned their gazes pensively into the fire, while I watched the scene simulating one of my sandals tie the merchant is routed through safe and secure way to clear his eyes fixed on the elderly. This is what was said, I know because I went back to directing my steps and they were in my way.
The merchant bowed to the anciletamente different in each one actually, the old man chewed quietly as if you still have all the time in the world to eat the cake pan, the scholar on his own seemed to have swallowed the seconds counted because each bite as if in a competition , the goldsmith in turn eat the cake halfheartedly, as if a cake was not something worthy, while the merchant delight in every bite as if actually tasting the best dish, what about me?, I questioned and would be eating I bread and watched him, watched him while he still had the last piece in my hand when I returned to the goldsmith's reduced spending pie.
- Perhaps we're missing something - said the merchant watching- All solid food must be accompanied by a beverage that it slides smoothly down our throats.
The old man nodded and went to reopen his knapsack when he was interrupted by the words of the merchant.
- Let me put the dancer to quench our thirst today, because you give me to eat and it's just that it is I who give you the drink - with a smile held up a bottle to the light of the fire - This wine is excellent to my taste, not so much that I gave it to me said it was normal wine from his land.
- I gave it away? - Ask the goldsmith
- No, I changed it - the merchant smiled broadly - by juego of carved stone beads, something more normal in my country, but that was to be exotic to the buyer.
- Ah ... I understand, you went ahead. If not you would not have agreed to change instead of selling.
- No, the two goods were the most normal in the land of each, but they were alien to the other ... no one lost, two wins. And really, what is uncommon is to accept money, I always do barter, I only get a few coins in bad weather to pay for a property in the good morning is more pleasant to sleep under the sky.
- What you get with that? If all you get change it for something of equal valueLXC - I needed to have a house for my family, give my children an education, pay the dowry of my daughters and keep my wife to behold.
- A house big enough to need servants to take care of it.
- Yes
- A social status so high that if it perderíais dejaseis work.
- Yes
- then you are not the owner of your property, your property they own yours.
- I do not understand.
- we began to work to achieve a level social within your community and now you got it you can not stop working to avoid losing it, have you chained to your ego that perceives the other picture of you. I do not have more than I can take with me, you can not take your house on your way, you always have to return to it, my social status is the same wherever you while yours is kept only as high in your land and now I'm old bum off for the world until death overtake me, you'll be locked when envejezcáis in your mansion, which is the prison that I forged, waiting for the last visitor and to enjoy your wealth in your old chained to your children you will have the same destination.
&ent or work altogether? ... What about money? What is the value if it warms you, not feed you or give you knowledge?
- but can buy it all.
- Just because someone thought to give a fictitious value based on its scarcity.
- I understand what you mean, I've been fortunate to have access to many copies of books respected by all those who love knowledge for knowledge, I have seen many views on various aspects, concepts often contrary on the same topic and all respect and understand, because all faith is valid if it proves useful and viable.
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