The City of Fortune Story in English | Stories for Teenagers | English Fairy Tales

Rupert was deemed to be a wise

intelligent young lad they said there

was no one braver smarter than him for

10 villages around

[Music]

one day Rupert was sitting around a fire

with his other friends listening to the

adventures of a soldier who was

travelling past their village and this

was the most interesting part of the

soldier's stories the city of fortune

who there really exists

mm I don't think so

oh yes it does

sitting at the top of a high mountain

gleaming like the Sun with all its

humongous towers made of pure solid gold

there is so much golden welfare that it

is a bother for people there as to what

to do with it so they simply might

things of gold and when they get tired

of it they get new ones new vessels new

ornaments new buildings the old ones are

simply demolished and the sweepers take

it all to the big what what what let

them send some go to what let them talk

go on soldier go on tell us more

[Music]

find him

well sharing money a fruit requires a

hot butt all they have is golden gym

strewn all over the Straits even the

dust on the Straits is gold which the

sweep us crumbling like cast into that

golden bins studded with the biggest gym

sparkling brighter than the night sky I

am sure the people of this city spend

all their time in singing and dancing

they do not need to work oh yes and

eating the choicest food money is never

the only reason to work and singing and

dancing or eating well does the city

look like this this is beautiful Jack

this is beautiful Jack wish the city or

their gold was as pretty tell us about

the gold all houses a might of gold the

window panes are all diamonds the

streets are paved with silver and

platinum in the pebbles are chunks of

precious stones they glitter so much

that there is no need for fire to light

in the Hung's

or the city itself but how does one go

there

there are 10 ways one is horrible

the stones on the wire sell prickly that

they will ruin your fate and

unimaginable horrors like enormous pools

of quicksand and slippery slopes that

plunge into great valleys will block

your way so that even if you do reach

the city you will be so tired and worn

out that you will have no strength to

and the second route oh that will get

you to the city of fortson within a few

days

but you must enough show me this route I

am going to the city don't be too eager

let me at least tell you I have heard

enough soldier and I shall not let

anything weaken my resolve I am leaving

now hey now I cannot wait

[Music]

while Rupert was so eager to reach the

city of fortune than it did not even

occur to him to say goodbye to his

friends or his family by Rupert by

Rupert by Rupert Rupert walked with the

soldier into a forest and there the

soldier showed him the rest of the way

Rupert was so eager to be on his way

that he even forgot to thank the soldier

he walked a distance and came to a river

that curious-looking boatman was waiting

at the bank will you please take me to

the other side it would have cost you

fifty silver pieces do I look like I

have even seen so much money in my

entire life

sorry no payment no ride please sir I am

going to the city of fortune I shall pay

you all you want when I get back

nobody ever brought wealth back from

there very well if you don't have the

silver pieces then give me a piece of

your heart what I shall die then whoa

who is interested in the flesh I mean

the essence of your heart

the boatman brought out a flute and

played a strange piece of music a few

sparkles of light appeared from Rupert's

chest and entered the flute

then Rupert got into the boat and was

ferried across the river next rupert

climbed a mountain and when he reached

the peak another man just like the

boatman was standing there

Rupert could see the golden towers in

the city beyond a long winding forest

pathway but strangely he did not feel as

eager as he felt before since the time

the boatman had taken some of the

sparkles of his heart Rupert felt heavy

as though the empty space had become

stone you need to pay to pass

I have no silver pieces about me what a

piece of my heart do yes it will

just like the boatman this man too

removed a flute played a strange tune on

it and golden sparkles came out from

Rupert's chest into the flute strangely

instead of feeling happy at getting

nearer the city of fortune

Rupert felt a heavy stony emptiness that

he could not define but he continued his

journey soon Rupert was at the towering

gate of the city of fortune and just as

the soldier had described the gigantic

gate was solid gold studded with the

biggest most glorious gems and diamonds

one could have ever imagined Rupert

ventured to enter but was stopped by a

gatekeeper who looked just like the

boatman and the men in the mountains

stopped you must pay to pass will you

take a piece of my heart - yes

as before the gatekeeper - removed a

flute and started playing the same

curious to non it

Rupert felt strange the city of fortune

was right before him and he felt neither

excitement nor joy to enter it just for

a moment

Rupert wondered whether it was because

he was paying with his heart and wished

that all his heart

would not be taken away and because of

this one tiny Sparkle remained within

his chest and did not fly into the flute

the gates were opened and Rupert entered

the city was just like the soldier had

described but none of it seemed exciting

Rupert saw a man passing by and he

smiled the man did not smile back and

only looked at Rupert blankly

Rupert went ahead and saw a table laden

with the choicest food put out on golden

trays but no one seemed to want to eat

it alas

but what pleasure is food to the one who

knows no hunger Rupert walked ahead and

saw a whole lot of musical instruments

made of gold and gems but nobody was

playing on them the sweeper came and

shoved him into a golden cart alas what

is the joy of music for those who know

nothing of worry in trouble next

Rupert saw of Goldsmith who was making

golden vessels each and every one of his

pieces looked exactly alike

class of what value is creativity or

something that will be relegated to the

vent just because it is too much Rupert

looked at all the expressionless

heartless faces around him there was no

joy no smile in this land and finally he

realized what it meant to have paid with

his heart and it was because of that one

Sparkle that remained in his chest that

he could feel at least a slight sadness

the people of the land with no heart

left in them could feel nothing but

emptiness for all the gold in the land

these people seemed to have become of

stone rupert did not want to live like

that he decided to go home I want to go

home I want to see my friends my family

the moment he said that all the sparkles

of his heart that the gatekeeper had

taken from him flew right back in his

heart Rupert was now able to feel a

little joy of seeing his friends and

family again when the man in the

mountain returned the sparkles of his

heart to him

Rupert's heart beat with excitement and

by the time the boatman returned his

sparkles Rupert almost ran to meet his

friends and family father father I am so

sorry

hey Robert my son you're back

oh you're back hey you are back I am so

sorry all of you my greed for gold had

blinded me now I realize wealth is

useless if it is not accompanied by a

feeling of joy and joy comes only out of

three things one when we can retain our

humanity and our heart whether or not we

are rich to when we have people to laugh

with to cry with and three when we are

driven by a purpose to share and care if

all we had was gold and riches our

hearts too would become of stone just

like the people of the city of fortune

and thus Rupert returned from the city

of fortune a wiser use it is true isn't

it if life gave you a choice between

people you love and all the gold in the

world

what would you pick Gold is good only

when accompanied with love

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