Wrong Focus

The reflection of Innocence leaving the office of Simplicity fades in the eyes of the mysterious stranger. A hideous looking creature creeps quietly up to him from behind distracting him. Without turning around the stranger speaks.

“What is it Hardly Noticeable?”

“O Great King My Way, how may I serve you”? The slender creature speaks bowing.

“I want you to go down to Castle Glade and spy out any weak areas in the castle walls”, King My Way commands. “Report back to me immediately when you have found any.”

“I live to serve.” Hardly Noticeable bows and transforms into a snake and slithers down towards the castle.

King My Way walks back to the edge of the precipice and stares back down towards the castle. In the reflection of his eyes are three men standing on a farm in Castle Glade. There are two younger men listening to an older man giving them instructions.

“Right Focus I want you to go off to the right and Wrong Focus I want you to go off to the left. Go out and sow the seeds and reap the daily harvest and bring it back to me.

“Yes sir” Right Focus says as he walks off to the right.

“OK PAW!” Wrong Focus yells as he runs off to the left, tripping and stumbling as he goes.

A time goes by as Farmer Focus waits for his sons to return. After about an hour Right Focus returns with an arm full of harvest. A moment later Wrong Focus reappears tripping and stumbling with a handful of weeds.

Now it’s easy to see that Farmer Focus loves both of his children equally and wants them both to succeed. So he walks up to his son Right Focus and says to him. “Right Focus, I know Wrong Focus is slow in mind and easily fooled. I think you are trying to sidetrack him by leading him away from the harvest so you can reap it all for yourself and he is left to glean the weeds.”

“But Father…” Right Focus objects.

“Now don’t ‘but’ me son.” Farmer Focus says sternly. “So I am going to send out Wrong Focus again by himself and I want you to stay at home.”

So once again Farmer Focus sends out his son, Wrong Focus, to sow seeds and reap the daily harvest. And so Wrong Focus runs tripping and stumbling off to the left. He returns about an hour later tripping and stumbling back and stands before his father and presents him with a handful of weeds.