The article I read is The Sword Of Damocles . In this story, a boy named Damocles said that it must be good being king because every day he eats the best foods. King Dionysius told Damocles, "If I eat so good and am the happiest man alive you will take my place at dawn." That night Damocles got his wish. He was king for the night. While he was eating, he was saying he had a couple hours to everything that he wanted to do as a king. After the hours had past, he looked up when he was eating and saw a sword hanging from a thread right above his head. In his mind he said, "Why is this sword hanging from this thread?" Then he said, "Who put his sword here that is hanging from a thread that can fall and kill me at any second?" The king said, "Such a sword hangs over the head over the head of anyone who wields great power".
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