The new king has two men under him, a painter and a carpenter, both the masters of their crafts. The painter tells the king that he had a spiritual encounter where the king's dead dad demanded a message to be delivered to the new king demanding him to send up the best carpenter he has. The king tells the carpenter he will be sent there, and the painter tells the king that if he wants him sent there, he would need to be set on fire along with all his tools and he'll ride the smoke to heaven. The king tells him that he has seven days to prepare for his departure. The carpenter, knowing the painter just wanted him gone, gets his wife to help him dig a place from where he is to be burned to his home so he can escape. The village builds a fort around him, set it on fire, and he escapes through the tunnel. He waits three months, then comes to the king with a letter from his supposed dead father, telling him the carpenter did a great job and should be given many riches, and that the temple he built was amazing, but that it needed to be painted by the finest painter he has. The king commanded for the painter to be sent to heaven the same way, and the carpenter tells them to play music so it would drown out his screams and he dies. The end.
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I thought this story was really funny! I love it when a person is being screwed over by their enemy, and they are able to turn it back around on them. I wanted to do this story in a more modern context for people in a comedic way since I haven't done much comedy in my stories.
Bibliography
Tibetan Folk Tales: The Wise Carpenter by A.L. Shelton
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