The Most Valuable Treasure

The people of this town were trying to exhibit the most valuable treasure. It was a tradition of its inhabitants, who were proud of this important event. They requested the collaboration of other townspeople who accepted the honor since it is a great recognition to have the most valuable treasure.

One of the rules was to bring it inside a chest. So -at the agreed day, people began to parade bringing extraordinary jewelry: Chests, jewels, pearls, rubies, diamonds, sapphires, gold, silver. Some of the chests were adorned with beautiful exquisite wood.

Then, they started placing the chests in front of the spectators and judges, who were qualifying those important treasures.

Another rule was that only a chest was allowed by each family. Needless to say that those who were presenting the chests were very well dressed with designer suits, hairstyles and hats.

It then happened that a very simple looking family, came. They were very clean and seemed very humble. Their chest was made out of wood. It seemed very old and well preserved. It was small, so small that it would fit in the hand of a child and this chest was placed along with the other chests.

The main judge came and began to speak about the chests since he was knowledgeable about the topic.

- This chest belongs to such a family, who have a great fortune and exquisite pieces. He said. And in this way he was delivering comments and choosing the most qualified and appropriate chests.

It happened that the turn came for the small chest but the judge did not pay any attention just as if the chest did not exist. But there was a small public who could observe the indifference of the judge with the small chest.

Then, the judge on having realized it, wanted to play a joke and said:

- What treasure could be in this teeny-weeny chest? He then took it, and to follow the joke, without opening it, he placed it along the best ones.

The hours passed and the culminating moment came and the judge, following the joke, ordered a magnificent chest to be placed in the center of the room. They needed eight persons to be able to handle the chest and when they opened it, its golden reflections of gold and diamond glistened as the sun. In its center there was a crown of pearls, diamonds, rubies and a perfect emerald on top. There was a great ovation and the owners of that treasure were ready to burst.

And next to the magnificent chest was the small chest. It was evident to the judges and to everybody who the winner would be. And trying to humiliate them, they said:

- Who can compete with such a magnificent crown? and while laughing, the judge approached the small chest, opened it and found a rolled up yellowish and fragile paper. The judge doing a mocking effort and clearly doing a parody, slowly unrolled it and in that paper as ancient as time, there was only one word written.

The judge forced his eyes trying to read and he said: "grr grr" because it was difficult to read. But doing an effort he said:

- The treasure that is inside this small chest is a word. Here in this paper says " Gratitude."

And the story goes that in that town, now you can find a very important museum, where the most valuable treasure is exhibited, which is the small chest containing, the most valuable treasure of all times: " Gratitude"


-Author and Artist; Oscar Basurto Carbonell

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