Short Story Of Esther

In the village, of Persia lived a Jewish family. The family consisted of a mother, father, and uncle. The mother's name was Jana and the father's name was Adhan. The name of the uncle was Mordecai. It happened that as time went by the mother gave birth to a beautiful daughter who both parents agreed to name the baby girl Esther. She was given the name Esther because she was fair to look upon. It happened that both parents died from a rare disease at the time, so it was now up to the uncle Mordecai to look after her. Mordecai was a wise man and also was a very loving uncle to Esther. Esther grew up to be a beautiful and wise young lady and when she was sixteen years old, she decided to work to pay some of her uncle's bills and buy food for …show more content…
She got a job as a seller of cloth. Esther's job required that she sold clothes and cloth. Her uncle worked as a carpenter and his wages weren't sufficient to pay the bills adequately. In the city, lived the king and queen. The king held a great feast and invited all the princes and princesses of the land. When the king gave his speech to his guest, the queen ended up embarrassing him in the congregation. The queen sang while he was singing because she drank too much wine and became drunk. The guests that were at the feast laughed and laughed and the king felt embarrassed. The laws of the land were very clear royal families should not drink too much wine in order to be drunken. The princes and the princesses made jokes for days about what happened at the feast. The king because he felt so embarrass called his council together and said to them,“Queen Vashti has embarrassed me at the feast that I held. And, now I have to demote her from ruling beside …show more content…
However, he didn't know Mordecai was a Hebrew himself. Haman again made suggestions to the king to destroy the Hebrews and the king thought it was necessary indeed due to Haman's lies. Haman suggested to the king that the Hebrews should be hung. Some time passed and the king was in peace while Haman was in hatred towards the Hebrews. He was put in charge of the execution of the Hebrews. And he commanded men to make gallows for the Hebrews to be hanged. He made the announcement to the citizens that the Hebrews will be killed. Mordecai and Esther both heard this and they wondered what to do about it. The king would be the one to set the time and the date. Mordecai sent Josh to the palace once more to see if Esther got any ideas or suggestions on what to do to save the Hebrews. Josh waited for the queen's reply with a letter and he ran quickly to Mordecai. The letter Esther sent to Mordecai was this. ‘My dearest Mordecai, I haven't found a way to save the Hebrews as yet. Haman will have dinner with the king and me tonight, so I will see what this evil man has in mind.’ Mordecai prayed for inspiration and both he and Josh ate supper and went to bed. Meanwhile, over by the Palace Haman was invited to dinner and the king and queen were present. Haman ate dinner, talked about the lazy Hebrews, and he went to his own house which was near the