In his campaigns that would give him the whole known world King Nimrodwannabe left once independent and prosperous communities burdened with annual tributes they now owed him. A few of these communities, the expendable ones which weren’t producing much in the first place, were tortured to terrorize their more productive neighboring villages into quick submission.
To maintain dominion over those villages which survived to surrender he brought their best and brightest back to his glorious Babilopolis where they would be educated so they could later serve as his overseers insuring his ongoing will was obeyed back home.
Though Nimrodwannabe was still young he was much too much in a hurry to waste valuable time getting cross with those who challenged him either at Babilopolis or abroad preferring speedy executions to lengthy quarrels. With the only real time he had any control over, since corpses are notoriously impotent, he took everything he could get his hands on even what was not given to him.
The demons reveling with him knew – once those tiny decades of Nimrodwannabe’s life were done – they would get it all not that it would do them much good either.
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Denise offers the prompt word “cross” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Chasing the false value of many things. Good story, Frank.
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Thank you, Dan! Blessings!
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Blessings, Frank.
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Thank you, Esther! Blessings!
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Great Six, Frank. What men — and demons do– for empty, temporal gains is pretty much the history of the human race.
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Good point and I agree: it is pretty much the history of the human race. Blessings and thank you, Dora!
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Blessings to you and yours, Frank.
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The Ending with the mention of the demon reminds me of the reality of spiritual warfare
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Good point! There is a parallel between Nimrodwannabe’s physical warfare and the spiritual warfare those demons are engaged in at Nimrodwannabe’s expense. Blessings, Jim!
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Yes!
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It comes down to wanting power and control, falsely thinking it makes us safe. Too many learn too late, the only safe is in the center of God’s will.
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Good reminder, Mimi, that the only safe place is being in the center of God’s will. Blessings!
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What an excellent Six.
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Thank you, Chris! Blessings!
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Am I starting to see some direct correlations- or is this strictly fiction? Most interesting progression either way.
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It is based on the Book of Daniel and the reference in Genesis 10:9 to Nimrod whom Douglas Petrovich has associated with Sargon the Great. But just as with Apple Poof Delight I am taking many liberties with the story. Blessings, Violet!
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When you live forever (or however long them demons do) impatience is one of the torments they need not suffer
good Six
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Those demons have more time than they likely wish they had. Blessings, Clark!
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Ooh! As if ripped from the headlines themselves! Aptly, cleverly named, that king’s gotta run out of gas soon.
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From your post to God’s ear, yes? 😉
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Although the story is based on one thousands of years old, the idea of trying to gain the whole world tempts many people today in various ways. Blessings, Liz!
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We never learn from history, nor from our repetitive mistakes. Good Six, Frank.
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If we could only learn from history. Blessings and thank you, Misky!
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Those who would take as the King rarely read the fine print before signing on that dotted line.
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Good point! Unfortunately I rarely read the fine print myself. Blessings, Denise!
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