The Army of Giants

It happened that an army of giants was going through valleys, paths, and ways, destroying everything. Apparently, they were looking for something that they could not find. The townspeople would place gold, silver and precious stones in front of their cities, and they would take the precious stones and would keep on destroying, breaking things, killing the habitants; leaving desolation behind. They went through many towns and valleys of the world, leaving everything in ruins and destruction. Then, the turn came for a very small town, it was very poor but with something very worthy that was life. The townspeople were thinking what could they give since they did not have anything and in that case, they would die for sure. But a wise man said: " If you are afraid, run to the high mountains and hide. I am too old, I don't have any material thing to give, so I will give my life." ...continued>

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The persons left taking what little they had and the day, the moment, the instant came when that violent and terrible army arrived and a bestial force could be felt, even the sky turned grayish and the sun hid, trying not to see.
Then, the old man went to the limits of the city, opened his arms and in the moment that the king of that army was going to give him an artful strike to kill him for sure, as he had done in the other towns, that old man said: " Take the best of me, the only thing I have and can give, the purest and most sincere and original of a man who has few days left; all that I can offer, all I can give, is an embrace, nothing more."
Then, that giant left his arm fell to the floor and by being the king and sovereign, it was like giving an order without words, because all that army left their arms fell also. ..continued >

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And that giant, knelt and became small and he looked like a gigantic elephant picking up a flower with great care. And he received an embrace from that old man and very carefully he put him back on the ground. He turned around, looking to his army and said: " This is a town of holy and pure men and death and destruction do not have a place here, because they have given us the best, what is unique true and worthy." After saying these words, he ordered that a great fortune was placed in front of the old man and told him: " This does not have any meaning for us, you give it good use. Our battle, our search has come to an end. Your embrace told us that the world still is worthy to live." Then, they left the arms on the ground and suddenly as if the wind had taken them away, that army disappeared. And the old man won the battle because he revealed the noble truth that the true giving will never die.

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