[Audio] The Queen's Boulder
( Short Stories about Motivation and Effort). 

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The Queen’s Boulder
(Short Stories about
Motivation and Effort)

[Audio] In ancient times there was a queen who ordered her soldiers to manoeuvre a boulder into the. 

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who ordered her soldiers to
manoeuvre a boulder into the

[Audio] middle of the main road to and from town.
The queen then hid, watching to see who would stop to do the right thing and move it out of the way again.. 

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The queen then hid, watching to see
who would stop to do the right thing

[Audio] Wealthy merchants and courtiers passed the boulder, barely giving it a second thought. A few of them blamed their queen for not keeping the roads clear. Yet none stopped to do anything.. 

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Wealthy merchants and courtiers
passed the boulder, barely giving it

blamed their queen for not keeping
the roads clear. Yet none stopped to

[Audio] One day, a peasant walked along with a sack of vegetables to sell at market.
He stopped, laid these down, and then pushed, tugged, huffed, and heaved the stone away.. 

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One day, a peasant walked along
with a sack of vegetables to sell at

He stopped, laid these down, and
then pushed, tugged, huffed, and

[Audio] Upon picking up his vegetables, the peasant saw a large purse full of gold and a handwritten note from the queen herself where the boulder had been.
The gold was a reward for whoever removed it from the road.. 

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peasant saw a large purse full of
gold and a handwritten note from

[Audio] Moral of the story: Laziness will never get you anywhere in life. Success almost always takes humility and hard work. 

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The Queen's Boulder (Short Stories)

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In ancient times there was a queen who ordered her soldiers to manoeuvre a boulder into the

middle of the main road to and from town.

The queen then hid, watching to see who would stop to do the right thing and move it out of the way again.

Wealthy merchants and courtiers passed the boulder, barely giving it a second thought.

A few of them blamed their queen for not keeping the roads clear.

One day, a peasant walked along with a sack of vegetables to sell at market.

He stopped, laid these down, and then pushed, tugged, huffed, and heaved the stone away.

Upon picking up his vegetables, the peasant saw a large purse full of gold and a handwritten note from the queen herself where the boulder had been.

The gold was a reward for whoever removed it from the road.

Laziness will never get you anywhere in life.

Success almost always takes humility and hard work