There was a poor shepherd boy who used to throw stones at the castle walls every day. Every day he would return with pockets full of stones, and the walls would stand there mocking him. But it was futile, despite all of the stones he'd thrown, the walls continued to stand and the king continued to oppress his kingdom. In throwing stones, the boy had garnered quite the arm. One day he came to the walls with pockets full of seeds. He threw the seeds over the walls, and trees and flowers started to grow on inside of the castle walls. The king became quite distraught about this and ordered his servants to pick every newly sprouted plant out of the ground. But they could not keep up. The boy threw more and more seeds every day, and the plants started overtaking the castle. Birds, butterflies, and other creatures invaded the castle. The castle became so infested with life, that the king could no longer do anything about it, and the roots of the trees started to grow into and fracture the castle walls. And little by little those walls crumbled. And by the time they did, the king did not care, his castle was more beautiful now than it ever had been. Once the walls fell, the king could see all of the people outside of them. The king finally understood.