The Story of the Fishing King_佳作
[00:01.61]8.the story of the fishing king
[00:05.20]it begins with the king as a boy, having to spend the night alone in the forest to prove his courage so he can become king.
[00:16.31]now while he is spending the night alone he’s visited by a sacred vision.
[00:22.52]out of the fire appears the holy grail, symbol of god’s divine grace.
[00:29.30]and a voice said to the boy,“you shall be the keeper of the grail so that it may heal the hearts of men.”
[00:36.49]but the boy was blinded by greater visions of a life filled with power and glory and beauty.
[00:43.35]and in this state of radical amazement he felt for a brief moment not like a boy, but invincible, like god,
[00:53.15]... so he reached into the fire to take the grail,
[00:56.63]... and the grail vanished,
[00:59.46]... leaving him with his hand in the fire to be terribly wounded.
[01:04.47]now as this boy grew older, his wound grew deeper.
[01:08.72]until one day, life for him lost its reason.
[01:13.77]... he had no faith in any man, not even himself.
[01:18.02]... he couldn’t love or feel loved.
[01:21.61]... he was sick with experience.
[01:24.11]he began to die.
[01:26.40]one day a fool wandered into the castle and found the king alone.
[01:30.97]and being a fool, he was simple minded, he didn’t see a king.
[01:36.09]he only saw a man alone and in pain.
[01:39.27]and he asked the king,“what ails you friend?”
[01:43.85]the king replied,“i’m thirsty. i need some water to cool my throat”.
[01:50.01]so the fool took a cup from beside his bed, filled it with water and handed it to the king.
[01:56.33]as the king began to drink, he realized his wound was healed.
[02:02.01]he looked in his hands and there was the holy grail, that which he sought all his life.
[02:08.69]and he turned to the fool and said with amazement,
[02:11.52]“how can you find that which my brightest and bravest could not?”
[02:16.45]and the fool replied,“i don’t know. i only knew that you were thirsty.”
[00:05.20]it begins with the king as a boy, having to spend the night alone in the forest to prove his courage so he can become king.
[00:16.31]now while he is spending the night alone he’s visited by a sacred vision.
[00:22.52]out of the fire appears the holy grail, symbol of god’s divine grace.
[00:29.30]and a voice said to the boy,“you shall be the keeper of the grail so that it may heal the hearts of men.”
[00:36.49]but the boy was blinded by greater visions of a life filled with power and glory and beauty.
[00:43.35]and in this state of radical amazement he felt for a brief moment not like a boy, but invincible, like god,
[00:53.15]... so he reached into the fire to take the grail,
[00:56.63]... and the grail vanished,
[00:59.46]... leaving him with his hand in the fire to be terribly wounded.
[01:04.47]now as this boy grew older, his wound grew deeper.
[01:08.72]until one day, life for him lost its reason.
[01:13.77]... he had no faith in any man, not even himself.
[01:18.02]... he couldn’t love or feel loved.
[01:21.61]... he was sick with experience.
[01:24.11]he began to die.
[01:26.40]one day a fool wandered into the castle and found the king alone.
[01:30.97]and being a fool, he was simple minded, he didn’t see a king.
[01:36.09]he only saw a man alone and in pain.
[01:39.27]and he asked the king,“what ails you friend?”
[01:43.85]the king replied,“i’m thirsty. i need some water to cool my throat”.
[01:50.01]so the fool took a cup from beside his bed, filled it with water and handed it to the king.
[01:56.33]as the king began to drink, he realized his wound was healed.
[02:02.01]he looked in his hands and there was the holy grail, that which he sought all his life.
[02:08.69]and he turned to the fool and said with amazement,
[02:11.52]“how can you find that which my brightest and bravest could not?”
[02:16.45]and the fool replied,“i don’t know. i only knew that you were thirsty.”