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Chapter 31 Two Kings and Two Labyrinths

Anthology of Borges 博尔赫斯 483Words 2018-03-21
According to reliable sources (of course, God knows better), there was a king in the island of Babylon in ancient times. He summoned his architects and wizards and told them to build a labyrinth so complicated and mysterious that even the most shrewd people dared not Venture in, and those who enter will be lost forever.This project caused a sensation, because its weirdness and confusion are unique in the world and can only come from the hands of Shinto.Later, an Arab king came to see him, and the Babylonian king (in order to mock the simple-minded guests) tricked him into the maze.So he prayed to God and found the exit.He had no complaints, and only told the King of Babylon that he also had a labyrinth in Arabia, and that if God was so kind, he could invite the Babylonian national workers to visit one day.After he returned to Arabia, he gathered his leaders and leaders, and invaded all parts of Babylon with great force, captured the castle, defeated the army, and even the king himself was captured.He bound the king of Babylon, put him on the back of a fast camel, and took him to the desert.After they had traveled three days, he said to the King of Babylon: "O Lord of Time, the essence and culmination of the age! In Babylon you tried to trap me dead in a bronze labyrinth with innumerable steps, portals, and walls; and now By the grace of Almighty God, let me show you my labyrinth, where there are no steps to climb, no doors to open, no tedious corridors, and no walls to block the way."

Then they untied him and left him in the middle of the desert, where he finally died of hunger and thirst.Glory to the Immortals.
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