This week I read Twenty-Two Goblins. In these stories there was a goblin that told King Triple-victory
many stories that posed a puzzling question at the end. If the king knew the
answer, he had to tell the answer, because if he did not, his head would explode.
However, the king was very wise and almost always knew the answer to the
goblin’s puzzle.
Although
there was not a particular character that was necessarily seeking it, wisdom
was a very prominent feature in all of the stories. Each story the goblin told
was rather short and simple, and served to entertain King Triple-victory as
they made their journey back to the cemetery. Nevertheless, the stories always had
head-scratching endings to them. Despite the perplexing endings, the king was
always able to not only solve the puzzle, but also give an explanation for his
solution.
Initially,
I thought the goblin was seeking the king’s wisdom for his own purposes.
However, as I continued to read through the stories, it became apparent to me
that the goblin was already wise. And in
the end, it was revealed that the goblin knew the gruesome intentions of the
monk, Patience.
As it
turned out, Patience was a rogue monk who intended to kill King Triple-victory.
Patience was a very wise person himself, and thought he would be able to fool
the noble king. However, after solving all of the goblin’s puzzles, the goblin
told King Triple-victory of Patience’s plan.
Upon
returning to the cemetery with the body the goblin inhabited, King
Triple-victory was easily able to foil Patience’s plan. Despite his best
efforts and his supposed wisdom, Patience actually turned out to be very
foolish and unfortunately succumbed to death as a result. Overall, these
stories taught the lesson that one is better off using their wisdom for good
rather than for evil.
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| Saraswati, Hindu goddess of knowledge Source: Wikipedia |
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