Everything Happen For A Reason - The King and His Aide

Once upon a time, there was a English King and there was his Aide (PA in present career term). The King love to go hunting and his Aide, well...lets call him Riccardo that, will always be by the King side helping him spot the prey and prepare his arrows and quiver.

So Riccardo had been with the King for a decade and the King always consider him an irreplaceable adviser. Of course, with decade of hunting, the King always come back the to castle with at less a big catch in hand each hunting trip. One day the King ask Riccardo "Why am I always victorious every hunting trip?" Riccardo replied promptly "My King, everything happen for a reason." The King goes "I see... the reason is obvious isn't it? I am gifted in hunting".

One fine day, yet another of those regular hunting trip. Rabbits, Deers, Ostrich, Rhino, Ox, Elephant, Yeti, Troll, Wolf...whatever the nature could offer, the King had hunted. However while stalking in the forest, the King and Riccardo were attacked by a huge African lion! Since when did a African Lion appear in a English forest, no one could figure out but it took a big bite off the King pinky finger before it was finally killed by his soldiers, always lurking in the background to protect the King!

Bleeding and in pain, Riccardo brought the King back to the castle for treatment. Nothing life threatening though, its just a pinky finger. The King however was furious! "Why did we not see the African Lion coming and why was this hunting trip a failure!!!". Riccardo calmly replied "Everything happen for a reason my King". This statement was like fuel to the fire and the King had his final straws " For years and years, everything good or bad that happen to your King, your kept on saying the same thing over and over again!!! You irritate me! Guards! Execute him!" The guard grab Riccardo and drag him out of the throne room while the King made a sarcastic remark "Everything Happen For A Reason for you too!!!".

Well the King still got some attachment to his favorite subject, thus he decided set the execution to next month. The King continue with his hunting trip 2 days later without Riccardo and was ambush and captured by African Tribal People. How did the African Tribal People end up in the English Forest is yet another mystery of the story. African Tribal People tied the captured king on a elaborated Altar and with their steely knife in hands, they are ready to offer his as human sacrifice to their Tribal God. Just before the knife meet the throat, the Tribal Chief suddenly shouted "STOP!!!! This guy is missing one pinky finger!!! He is not complete and not worthy of a pure sacrifice to our God. Release him!"

And so the King was set free to the English Forest and was rescued by a search party send by the Kingdom. The moment the King is safe and sound back in his throne room, he ordered his former Aide to be released from prison. The King told Riccardo that he was right that Everything Happen For A Reason... losing the pinky finger to the African Lion means he did not end up as sacrificial offerings to some African Tribal God. With that, Riccardo was pardon from death execution and was reinstate as the King Aide/Advisor.

The King ask Riccardo what he got to say about this whole episode. Riccardo replied "My King, you are absolutely right that Everything Happen For A Reason. If you had not get irritated and had not sentence me to death row, I would have join you for your last hunting trip. You and I will be captured and they will had me sacrificed instead. Close call...phew...".