18/03/2023
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The Tale of the Left Hand and Right Hand
In the land of Bodea, lived two hands, the left and the right. The right hand was always complaining that he did most of the work given to them by the king of Bodea. Right hand complained day and night, unceasingly, blaming every one including his twin, the left hand. The left hand was always quiet and understanding, never the one to make snide remarks against his brother who was constantly moving about and doing things.
One day, right hand moved close to this twin brother and said: “Brother, I really think that you’re not really necessary. What would be the use of a hand that is barely used and is almost never called
upon by the king of Bodea? Maybe you can take a vacation and no one would notice.” Of course, left hand was terribly hurt by right hand’s assumptions. That night, left hand hatched a plan and set it into motion immediately the next day. When right hand woke up the next day, he immediately went about his usual tasks. After a few hours, he felt more fatigued than ever. He became even angrier. He was doing the same tasks but everything felt so awkward, strained and exhausting. That was the time he realized that he had been doing everything on his lonesome, without even the slight assistance from any other member of Bodea. Right hand lifted pails, cleaned floors and did all sorts of activities completely alone. By noon of that day, right hand was ready to pass out from being overworked.
With bleary eyes, he called upon his brother, the left hand. Left hand was nowhere to be found. Right hand thought long and hard about what he had done and tried to make sense of what happened. The king of Bodea constantly called the right hand to perform tasks… But it was the left hand that did all of the necessary balancings to make things possible. The left hand quietly boosted the strength of the right hand without the right hand knowing it. The left hand, being seen as the ‘lesser’ of the twins, decided long ago that he would do everything he can to make his more popular brother successful.
At night time, the right hand was called upon again to perform a major task: to replace a car tire in the middle of the night, after a long day of driving. The right hand looked about and thought: I’m
going to break into two if I try to remove this tire on my own. Right hand felt resigned and gripped the tire when he felt a familiar movement. The left hand was back.
The left hand smiled and waved at his twin. It was indeed the beginning of a good night for everyone.
