A Fork In The Trail Short Story

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Two young fiends leave their remote village on a quest to find fulfillment in life, and on their journey they come across an old man under the shade of a willow tree. The young friends approached the old man as he was carving on a piece of wood. “Hey, old man! Where can we go to find fulfillment in our lives?” The old man never revealing his face, informs them that further down there's a fork in the trail. One leads to contentment, one leads to emptiness, and one leads to contentment. The two young men nod and begin to walk ahead until they stop at the fork in the trail. Before the two trails start, there's a post and on the post one arrow points to the right and leads “to the city.” While the other arrow points to the left and leads “to the orphanage.” One boy decides to go to the city to find happiness in life while the other decides to go to the orphanage to find pleasure in life.…show more content…
He moved his way up the business ladder by destroying his opponents and improving his dominant businesses. While he gained his wealth turned him into a wicked and avaricious man. His only concerns were himself, his money, and his businesses. The other boy, who decided to go to the orphanage, aided the lonely boys and girls. He spent every day and night focusing on the kids who were in need. He also gave away most of his earnings, food and belongings to help the kids. The only similarity of the boys was they both believed they had found the fulfillment of
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