THE LEAST I COULD DO Long long ago, an old mother had a son who has disobeyed the then ruler. The ruler was so angry that had sentenced her son to death. The son was supposed to be hanged in the village center in front of all the villagers. On his last night in jail, his mother went to see him for the last time. She talked to him very patiently trying to give him confidence. At the end she said, "Tomorrow morning, I'll go up the old building adjacent to the village square. Just have a look at me up there. If I'm wearing black the soldiers will hang you up. But if I'm wearing white they will not kill you. It means that I have changed the ruler's decision and the ruler is just going to scare the people. You don't need to be worry then." The next day the soldiers took the son to the village center. Lots of onlookers there. The son looked for his mother on the top of the old building. All of a sudden, his mother appeared there wearing white. He theref...