3 Pieces Of Advice Analysis

"3 Pieces of Advice vs 20 Years of Salary"A very poor newly wedded, young couple lived in a smallfarm. One day the husband made the following proposal tohis wife:- Honey, I will leave the house: I will travel faraway, get ajob and work hard in order to come back and give you thecomfortable life that you deserve. I do not know how long Iwill stay away, I only ask one thing, please wait for me, andwhile I am away, you should be faithful to me, because Iwill be faithful to you.So the young man left. He walked many days until he founda farmer who was in need of someone to help him. Theyoung man offered his services. He was accepted. Thereforehe discussed the terms with his boss:- Let me work for as long as I want and when I think Ishould go home,
I ask you to save it for me, untilthe day I leave. The day I decide to go, please give me themoney and I will go my way.They agreed on that. So, the young man worked for twentyyears without holiday and without rest. After twenty years,he came to his boss and said:- Boss, I want my money, because I am returning to myhome.The boss replied:- All right, after all, I made a deal with you and I will stick toit. However, before you go I want to offer you somethingnew: I will give you all your money and send you away; or Iwill give you 3 pieces of advice and send you away. If I giveyou the money, I do not give you the 3 pieces of advice. Andif I give you the 3 pieces of advice, I will not give you themoney. Now, go to your room and think about your answer.He thought for two days. Then he went to the boss and toldhim:- I want the 3 pieces of advice.The boss stressed again:- If I give you the 3 pieces of advice, I will not give you themoney.And the man replied:- I want the 3 pieces of advice.The boss then told him:- No. 1: Never take shortcuts in your life, shorter andunknown paths can cost your life.-
Therefore hereturned, lay down again and slept.At dawn, after breakfast, the owner of the lodging asked himif he had not heard the scream at night. He affirmed that heheard. Then, the host said:- Were you not curious to see what happened?And he replied:- No, I was not.Then the host said:- You are the first guest to leave this inn alive. Myneighbour is completely crazy. He usually shouts at nightto call someone’s attention. When some of the guests comeout, he kills them and buries their bodies in the backyard.The man continued his long journey, eager to arrive soon.After many days and nights walking, he was very tired, buthe finally saw his house far away.It was night. He saw some light coming out of the windowof his house and was able to see the silhouette of his wife.But he also saw that she was not alone. He came closerand saw there was a man with her. She softly caressed hishair.When he saw that scene, his heart was filled with hatredand bitterness. He decided to rush at and kill them bothmercilessly. However, he took a deep breath and heremembered the third piece of advice.Then he stopped, reflected and decided to sleep outside