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A wise man stood at the gate of an ancient
city and greeted travelers as they arrived. One day, a
traveler asked him:
“What kind of people live in this
city?”
the wise man responded with a question of his own: “What
kind of people lived in the city from whence you came?”
“Oh, they were very bad people,” answered
the traveler, “cruel, deceitful, and devil-worshipping.”
“You’ll find the same kind of people in this
city,” sighed the wise man.
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| Some time later, a second traveler came
to the gate and asked about the people in the city. The
wise man again asked his question:
“What kind of people lived in the city from whence
you came?”
“Oh, they were very good people,” answered the
second traveler, “hard-working, generous, and God-fearing.”
“You’ll find the same kind of people in this
city,” smiled the wise man.
- As told by Kimberly Evans Jones
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