Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The curse of the unicorn...


My children love to watch Merlin on Tv. So evey Sunday nite they will be eager waiting for the show to be on air. Its not really my favourite show , but I have nothing to do, so I usually join them to watch, after all, they are my family. In last week’s show, Arthur Pendragon , (the young King Arthur) had killed a most beautiful mythical creature, the Unicorn, in a hunting trip, and had sawn off the spiraled horn, and represented it to the king, his father.
Things went bad to worst almost immediately after, when all edible crops went dry and died, and water pumped from the Camelot’s water pumps turned to sand.
Then Anhora, the keeper of the unicorn, appeared telling Arthur that he is responsible for the dread over Camelot, and only Arthur can uplift the curse. He will be tested. Ha passed the first test due to his compassion over a man who had stolen food for his 3 hungry children, isk isk isk!!
However , in his search with Merlin for Anhora in the wood, he met the same man who snorted at Arthur. The sly thief threw derogatory sarcasms at Arthur ,and soon a duel came with swashbuckling fight. Immediately after Arthur slashed his sword at the thief, Anhora appeared and rebuked,” Do you kill a man simply because he had hurt your pride?”
Obviously Arthur failed his second test, and all grains kept in the castle went bad.
There is valuable lesson in this story for employers or executives who are sincerely looking for ethical managerial enlightenment. If they are sincere.
p.s. my favourite show is Ugly Betty…..

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