TRICK IS THE SPICE OF THE WISE ONES' LONGEVITY.

THERE WAS A VERY WEALTHY CHIEF WHOM WAS HUNTED  FOR YEARS BY A GANG OF KIDNAPPERS. THE FIRST TIME, THEY CAME TO HIS HOUSE, HE ESCAPED THEM BY BREAKING THROUGH THE ROOF OF HIS HOUSE. THE SECOND TIME, THEY AMBUSHED HIM ON THE ROAD LEADING TO HIS HOUSE. HE FOUGHT THE KIDNAPPERS WITH THE COURAGE AND MIGHT OF A CROCODILE ESCAPING FROM THE FISHERMEN'S NET AND HE ESCAPED. THE THIRD TIME, THEY ATTACKED HIM AT A MEETING CONFERENCE HALL. BUT WITH THE HELP OF HIS FELLOW MEMBERS, HE ESCAPED. THE FOURTH TIME, HE WAS ATTACKED ON HIS WAY FROM CHURCH. HE ESCAPED AMID A HEAVY SHOOT OUT AND HIS CAR WAS DESTROYED AND RIDDEN WITH BULLET HOLES. THE KIDNAPPERS NEVER GAVE UP. THEY WERE EVER RESILIENT IN GETTING HIM. AFTER THREE YEARS OF FOUR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP HIM, THEY FINALLY GOT HIM A CERTAIN MORNING. HE WAS GIVEN A HEROIC WELCOME BY THE KIDNAPPERS AS HE WAS TAKEN TO THEIR DEN. AND ONE OF THE KIDNAPPERS ADDRESSED HIM THUS:  "CHIEF, I MUST CONFESS THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SHOW OF BRAVADO ALL THESE YEARS BECAUSE IT IS NOT EASY FOR SOMEONE TO ESCAPES US THE WAY YOU DID. IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR BUSINESS FOR A SINGLE PERSON TO HAVE GIVEN US SUCH A TOUGH TIME AND HAD PROVEN TO BE A HARD NUT FOR US TO CRACK! ONCE MORE, I MUST SAY KUDOS TO YOUR ABRACADABRA! BUT REMEMBER, NO ONE WHO DARES TO ESCAPE US WILL EVER SUCCEED!  SO, CHIEF YOU ARE WELCOME TO OUR HUMBLE ABODE WHERE MOSQUITOES, MICE AND BIRDS ARE OUR COMPANIONS. YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY CHIEF. WE ARE EIGHT MAN GANG. WE HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU GIVE US THE SUM OF  ONE MILLION DOLLAR EACH AND YOUR FREEDOM IS GUARANTEED. BUT FAILURE, IS A STRAIGHTFORWORD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH." WHEN THE CHIEF SAW THE SITUATION, HE NEEDED NOT TO BE TOLD THAT ANY FALSE MOVE OR LANGUAGE FROM HIM, WILL BE NOTHING BUT INSTANT DEATH CONSIDERING HOW HE HAD SUFFERED THEM ALL THE YEARS. HE QUICKLY ACCEPTED TO PAY THEM. WHEN IT WAS MIDNIGHT, OWLS BEGAN TO HOOT LOUDLY IN AND AROUND THE CAMP. HE QUICKLY HATCHED A PLAN. AS THE HOOTING GREW LOUDER AND LOUDER CLOSER TO THE CAMP, HE TOLD HIS ABDUCTORS THAT HIS MEMBERS WERE CALLING HIM FOR MEETING BECAUSE IT WAS THEIR MEETING HOUR. "WHAT MEMBERS AND MEETING ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" THE GANG LEADER ASKED HIM. AND THE CHIEF SAID, "SO YOU DON'T KNOW ME? I AM  CHIEF DR. KILL AND CURE 1. THE ANAGBAGA OF THE COVENS! THE SLAUGHTER OF HUMAN FLESH! THE AKABAYANGBA 4, THE ONLY MAN WHO HAD GONE TO SEE AND HAD A HAND SHAKE WITH LUCIFER THE DEVIL! THE ONLY MAN THAT DINES AND WINES WITH THE SPIRITS! DO YOU KNOW THAT I AM THE GREATEST WIZARD ON EARTH? ANY SECOND NOW, MY MEMBERS WILL BE HERE TO TAKE ALL OF YOU TO OUR SLAUGHTER ROOM FOR SLAUGHTERING." THE  KIDNAPPERS BECAME EXCEEDINGLY AFRAID AND THEY ABANDONED HIM AND FLED.