This is a story of a clever conman and how a wise King exposed him.
Many years ago in a Kingdom lived a conman. He claimed publicly that he has special powers to transfer spirits of departed from hell to heaven. People never heard of such a unique claim. It attracted a lot of simple minded, poor and uneducated people. The conman would demand a lot of money in order to perform this transfer of spirit. Simple people offered as much money as the conman demanded. More the person was superstitious, more he would spend on this transfer of spirit. Everyone in the kingdom wanted to make afterlife of their departed beloved family members better.
People were spending so much money and were putting so much faith on this conman that, he became much more powerful to become a national threat. The king was aware of all this. He got worried because his pupil were spending all their hard earned money on this fraud. Finally, he asked his soldiers to arrest the conman and threw him in the jail behind the bars. He asked his best and most trustworthy soldiers to be guards.
Then he called his pupil to gather near the jail where the conman was arrested. Everyone gathered outside the jail as the King asked. They were told to stand from where all could see the conman. Once everyone gathered, the King asked
“O’ the one who can transfer the spirits from hell to heaven, tell me, can you transfer yourself outside of this jail?”
“How can I O’ King? The doors are locked and you have these strong soldiers outside my cell. They will not allow me to come out the jail”
“Exactly!” said the King with a smile on his face and turned towards the people
“Did you hear what this conman just said?” the King asked his pupil. “If he can’t transfer himself from this man made cell” continued the King, “how can he transfer the invisible spirits from the hell to heaven? Be wise. Don’t get fooled by such propositions!”
People understood their mistake. They acknowledged that they were fooled and vowed not to fall prey to such proposals again!