Book2:KigdomIteDreams

tshavebeenhabovethegoldpadreyedZeusmessage.TheysaidZeuswantedKingDimitritokeephispromisetocoatthegoldpacewithironandcoveritsbrillianceusingwhatevermethodhewaheywarhatifweincurthewrathoftheKingofgods,thesequenceswouldbedire.QueenAisharackedherbrains,butcouldonlyeupwiththreemediocreideas.Firstshethoughtofcuttingdowreesintheforestandbuildingahugewarehouseoldpace,citpletelythuspgthewholepacewithin.Sedly,shethoughtofmobiliziizensoftheKingdomtodigatthemountainsandburythewholepaderthesoil,imovingthemountaintocoldpace.ButsheknewherideaswouldnotworkbecauseZeuswasjealousandsuspiciousbynature.Hewouldthinkitwasjustcamoufge;thatonceherexedhissurveilnce,wewouldeitherripoffthewoodenpnksupthesoil.Thenthegoldpacewouldbejustasbrilliantandsplendidasever.Itwouldstillexist,overshadowingZeus’bronzeohe7thheaven.Ifheabovetwopnswerefeasible,QueenAishathoughtofathirdone.Sihegoldpacewasbuiltinonenightbycelestialgoldsmiths,whomCharmaineandeereduheguiseofZeus’royalorders,WhynotaskZeustosenddownhisgoldsmithsonceagainanddismahepace?ThatwouldappeaseZeus’angerandjealousyandKingDimitriwouldhavekepthispromise.ThatwouldbekillingtwobirdswithooifwedothatKingDimitri’shonoranddignitywouldbedamagedandtheprestigeoftheKingdomwouldbegreatlyimpaired.KingDimitriwouldneveragreetothat.EvenifKingDimitriagreedtodoitunderduress,howwouldwedisposeofthosetonsandtonsofgolddebristhatwouldbepileduphighlikemountaioionalmarkets?Itmayhelpthetroubledglobaleyintheshortrun,butitmayalsobethestrawthatbrokethecamel’sbadbecatastrophictotheal