Four Tests To Pass
To win the king’s daughter
Habi, a young man of great talent, fell in love with the king’s daughter. When Habi asked for his daughter’s hand, the king gave him four grueling tests to pass.
The first test was to face the king’s advisor, who was a great scholar, in a fierce debate. The debate went on for three hours, which Habi won to move on to the next.
The second test was to tame and ride the king’s beloved Arabian horse. After several failed attempts and a few close calls, Habi rode the horse majestically and wowed everyone.
The third test was scary. He was thrown inside a cage with a tiger that had not eaten for several days. After a two-hour battle, Habi killed the tiger with bare hands.
The king was impressed. No one has passed all three tests so far. Habi was the first one.
The king summoned Habi to his court for the fourth and final test. With his entire team watching, the king placed a DELL Latitude on the table.
“This laptop is loaded with an MS Word file. Open the file and go to page #34. It has five bullets that are all messed up. Fix it!”
The main part of this story did happen to me. I was not trying to win a king’s daughter, rather I was trying to win an IT contract. The contract proposal I submitted was a Word file with messed-up bullets that no one could correct. Needless to say, I didn’t get the contract.
