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12/9/1956
- The Little Emperor and the Humble Man: A Political Fable
by Smith Hempstone Jr.
INSTITUTE OF CURNT WORLD AIFFA K December The Little H umble Via Padre Regina Political Fable Giuliano Asmara Erifrsa falter ogers Ir stitute Current World Affairs Fifth Avenue I York New York Dear Rogers There skinned peoples beside southern On coast southern landsflat parched animate ermnd seeed rocky shore people followed religion which India seuth France In desert lands extreme people followe faith In highlands rising precipitously coastal plain plging rapidly deser lived PeoPle practiced shoot religion brouht theminsome ancisndybypri across southern The climate highlands healthful lowlands unpleasant Lie simple O cAsionally raiders mountains exacted trioute fadeday again fogwreathed vastness their mountain empire Less frequently infinitely Success raiders lighter skinned coreligionists peoples Ostal plain desert marohed shore southern raided killed killed faded forgotten When there foreign raiders contended people other They drove their neighbor flooks raped women emasculated menfolk All satisfactory pleasant About hundred years ernecine frolics interrupted arrival coast expedition skinned seeking revenge powerful warlord southern whose extended thyte eoast They sought revenge because warlord imprisoned their repesentative coastal The skinned people baggage train elephants pushed OO miles mountainous soutI defeated warlord leaving suicide Then marched country A Warlord suocessor thone skinned people menaced north Semites whose fairer previous invaders He adventurer small northern country whose mountains reach almost The black faced warlord defeated orces adventurer drove Four years later warlord himself defeated killed invaders He succeeded whose descendants ruled southern mountains NeW invade appeared southern These marched southern untains orious Yet differ They swarthy olive bread forms Women werea rather hobby In their tried invade Southern mountain vastness feated oTeat Theywithdrew their holdings Sn shore southern highlands which command They built shining little lands capital their colony They pavgd streets Sewage system track planted Roplars remind oftheirhomesacrossthesea PlaceswithnamesikeUmbriaand Calabria They built schools And skinned native wanderedbymistake thep_ave streets Of their kicked shining until breathless bruised among shantiee native quarter But natives learned little language people places difficult names against empire south mountains Here victorious forcing little emperor throne exile invaders those The emperor stature powerful friends A years later returned northern island kingdom Some colorful skirts women fought devils Others black peOple southern mountains But swore allegiance emperor ar0Ss mlghy sworn Set littleemperr throne There several battles fought But endithe fores island emperor victorious The ittle emperor called himself kings established mountain throne But skinned people continued occupy southern The little emperor claime saying empire since forgotten He anted badly ports while empire But people northern island would Southern This eased natives fought ainst afraid Others different religion little emperor F afraid Others though kicked soccer balls black loving people still learned forei learned write little themselves superior naked people lived among peaks crevices southern ountain empire And Oeside southern spoke congress mighty nations earth Yt htunble This small nation across place called New World thisman people nations world decided become southern mountain empire closely allied He called federation He eside southern government which would rerding conduct internal affairs There elections courts freedom speech assembly They independent For little emperor southern mountains their state given powers Now people southern represented nations earth meant strange things e_uality before speech asembl F dignity ndividual But meant little emperor powers their They represented nations earth warnings which their blood cried subtle ledge dealing foreign invaders humble soldiers island kingdom little emperor strong again would impose their freedom mockery At humble patient creased weariness wicked speak thing called federation oould unless there trust their hearts When their peace because tired understand Ani across ountains reach almost skies write constitution which cynical perhaps Wiser humble represented nation earth Bolivian interpretation Swiss republic imposed feudal African kingdom The soldiers northern island oeside southern government At first there SH freedom And drunk They could paved streets capital there They could loving people But because there police thought freedom could homes loving people This 8till An assembly elected This represented pople beside southern representative little emperor whenever tried oppress But graduall change place among members legislative assembly appeared wealth their clothes often drank sweet cafes until stupid automobiles their relatives observed At sarape lesser number assemblymen seemed getting poorer policemen could loungingt doors their homes special federal taxes impose their businesses found could passports movement passes their relatives friends difficulty getting Some these poorer assemblen passes little emperor court sometimes weeks There pride returned But their relatives found easier Some those would journey little emperor found their elections assembly invalidated because technical errors voting They stand reelection cases elected Some thrown without charge before judge northern island hired government could released Complaints assembly against little representative became fewer fewer The southern which under constitution drawn humble equal precedence those little emperor seldom There changing official language souhern mountain kingdom It decided appoint judges judge island kingdom skinned colleagues would getting people released It assembly whose members except w0uld abrogate federation petition little emperor province empire One wonders whether little emperor Caesar refusethr 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