Many Beds , One Sleep (standard:mystery, 1076 words)
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A story ever told by sages, but never understood. A story ever lived is the life understood. “Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.” -- Henry David Thoreau

Many Beds, One Sleep 

"The Dao (Tao) produced the one. The one produced the two. The two
produced the three, and the three produced the ten thousand things" - 
Chinese Philosopher Laozi (Lao Tzu) 

Prologue The Only Son 

( In New York County Family Court) 

The humidity in the courtroom is intensifying the tension in the air. 

My dear readers,  at this moment, our camera is focused on three
persons, not one, but three young men who are standing in front of the 
judge. From their outlooks, we can tell,  two of the three men look 
exactly the same, they must be twins. Another young man looks 
different, but his manner, his posture, and his eyes remind people of 
another person, one of the twins? 

The case is about physicist Wilson's only son. Right after Wilson's wife
gave birth to their only son Iggi, a volcano eruption broke up the 
family, they lost their son. 25 years later, at the same time of 
period, in the same city, three young men come to Wilson and claim that 
they are Iggi, the only son. Let's name these three men as IggiOne, 
IggiTwo and IggiThree. 

In the past two months, the detective Earnest whom Wilson hired, has
been doing day in and day out investigation of the three men. The 
interesting findings are: Although IggiOne and IggiTwo look like twins, 
they have absolutely different personalities, opposite values and 
diverse behaviors. While, IggiTwo and IggiThree almost act as a same 
person, though they look differently, they speak the same, they love 
doing the same things, they think the same, they are falling in love 
with the same woman. And when Earnest interviewed with their 
girlfriend, the girlfriend said, “ It is really bizarre, after I dated 
with them, I feel I am dating with the same guy, just their looks are 
different, I feel the same when we kiss, when we look into each 
olther's eyes, or when we make love, no difference at all.”   Actually, 
IggiTwo and IggiThree hang out together, and when they meet people, 
they talk as one person, one is just another's duplication. 

(Back to the Courtroom) 

Earnest: According to my investigation, IggiTwo and IggiThree have
identical behaviors, thoughts, emotions and actions, which means their 
existence at every moment has the identical effect on the society, I 
conclude, IggiTwo and IggiThree are the same person, they are one. 

People are shocked by Earnest's words. 

However, something flashes into Wilson's mind. 

“IggiTwo and IggiThree, my son,” the old man cries, “ you two are my
only son Iggi. Around the time you were conceived, I was doing 
penultimate experiment with double slits. My mind must be manifested 
and you were slit into two.” 

What a happy ending! 

And since then, a new law is effective: 

“ Two persons or more with identical minds are considered as one.” 

Main Body Many Beds, One Sleep 

My dear readers, do you like stories? Here is a one, close your eyes,
just listen, listen to the story, listen to the voice, do not use your 
visual mind unless you have to, there comes a conversation in the 
darkness. 

A child,“ Mom, I am afraid of darkness, I can't sleep, I do not want to
be alone.” Mom,” Come on, sleep with me, I will tell you a story.” 

The child sleeps with Mom in her bed, listening to the story and falling
sleep. After a while, the child wakes up in another bed, Bed One, not 


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