Author: Robert

Once there was a rich man who was going on a long journey. He would be away for many months, maybe even years. The day before he left, he entrusted his house and to one of his servants. The servant asked his master what day he would be back, but the master did not tell him. They said goodbye, and departed.
The servant was very excited to be in charge of the house. He took care of everything and nothing was lost. But after many months, the servant said, “My master has been gone for so long, and I don’t even know when he will be back.” And that servant started to become lazy. He was not taking care of everything that he used to, and slowly let things fall apart. He stopped cutting the grass. He stopped planting the garden. He stopped cleaning the house. Soon everything was broken down.
He thought, “Once I know the master is coming back, I’ll start fixing up the house again, so it will be ready.” But after a few more months the servant said, “Wow, he has still not come back, and it is almost 2 years now.” Then the servant started to take the Masters money, and use it to buy cigarettes and beer. Using the master’s money, he was feasting on all the best food every night.
But, the Master had decided that he was going to come back like a thief in the night. When his servant wasn’t expecting him, and at a late hour. So when the master came back, he found his house was not in order, and he found his servant drunk, and sleeping in the master’s bed.
So the master threw the servant out of the house, into the dark, into the cold, and told him never to return again.