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Immortal Emir
May 15th
Immortal Emir
By Fuzilaga
Once, Emir of Samarkand called for all his wise men.
“I want to be immortal! Tell me how I can become imperishable or die”.
The wise men consulted together, read stellar atlases, and after a while, the oldest of them moved forward reluctantly.
“Oh, my lord,” squeaked the sage “shining with magnificence, the most gracious of all rulers. Ancient books tell us that all processes and events in the universe increase disorder in the place where they occur. All mortal beings are forced to constantly increase internal disorder, as well as disorder around them. Daily increase in disorder leads to an inevitable state of maximum disorder, which is death. Unfortunately, it is impossible to freeze in a state of more or less weak disorder completely, since beside the space there is always time, which is much harder to trick. However it is possible to extract the order from the surrounding environment, in other words – the same disorder but with the opposite sign, to compensate for all the chaos produced”.
“Get to the point!” shouted Emir.
“Yes, yes, my lord. According to the books, all living things live because of continuous absorption and processing of such well-ordered matter as wine, bread and fruits. But this is far not enough for immortality and for the best compensation of the disorder one has to digest the equally well-ordered system”.
“What do you mean?” said perplexed Emir.
“Umm, how shall I put it…? Your majesty has to eat…”
“Eat what?”
“E-e-e-eat y-y-yourself,” the sage said with trembling voice. The rest of wise men held their breath.
“How dare you! Guards, get these idiots out of here!”
One of the sages managed to get loose and fall on his knees before Emir.
“Oh, the wisest of the wise, please let me speak. People say that there is a man in the city who can answer any possible question. His name is Vlaiddin. If you command to bring him into the palace he will tell how one can become immortal”.
An hour later, the guards led Vlaiddin toward the Emir’s throne.
“They say you can answer any question. So, answer how I can become immortal.”
“It’s very simple,” said Vlaiddin. “All you need to do is take your emerald embroidered robe, shirt and pants off, and run around the city completely nude. Certainly, this unusual episode will go down in the annals of history and will be passed down from generation to generation. Your everlasting glory will spread far and wide, making you immortal!”
The End


