The Mark on the Wooden Box

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‎There were two women named Patience and Juliet. They were neighbors and lived in the same compound. They both had a beautiful decorated wooden box, and they both valued their boxes very much.
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‎One day, Patience took her wooden box to the river while admiring it. Unfortunately, the box accidentally fell into the river and was lost forever. Patience became very upset because she had lost something she valued. When she remembered that her neighbor Juliet had a similar wooden box, she said to herself, “I will take Juliet's box and pretend that it is mine.”
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‎When Patience returned from the river, she went into the compound. Later, Juliet went to the market to buy some food. Patience used that opportunity to enter Juliet's room and take her wooden box.
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‎After some time, Juliet returned from the market. She wanted to take out her wooden box and admire it, but she discovered that it was missing. At first, she thought she might have forgotten where she kept it. She searched for it for a long time, but she could not find it.
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‎A few days later, Patience brought the wooden box outside the compound and began washing it as if it belonged to her. Juliet saw her with the box and immediately recognized it. It looked exactly like her own, including the special mark she had made on it.
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‎Juliet approached Patience and said, Please, can I see that wooden box?
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‎Patience became defensive and asked why Juliet wanted to see it. Juliet took the box and examined it carefully. She saw the special mark she had made on it as proof that it belonged to her.
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‎Patience claimed that she was the one who had made the mark and insisted that the wooden box belonged to her.
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‎The disagreement continued until both women were claiming ownership of the same wooden box. Because they could not settle the matter themselves, the king heard about their disagreement and ordered both women to come to his palace.
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‎When Patience and Juliet arrived at the king's palace, he asked them to explain what had happened.
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‎Patience told the king that the wooden box belonged to her and that she was the one who had made the special mark on it. Juliet also told the king that she had made the mark herself when she bought the box and that she knew every detail about it.
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‎After listening to both women, the king said, “Since both of you claim to be the owner, I will have the wooden box destroyed.”
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‎As soon as Patience heard this, she gladly agreed. She said that the box should be destroyed so that neither of them would have it. But Juliet pleaded with the king not to destroy the box. She said, “Please don't destroy it. You can give the wooden box to Patience. I believe that one day the truth will be known.”

‎When the king heard Juliet's response, he understood who the genuine owner was. He ordered that the wooden box should be given back to Juliet.
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‎Juliet finally got her wooden box back, while patience attempt to take what did not belong to her was revealed.
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