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Keep the Umbrella

Every time His Majesty made a visit at any place, no

matter how hot the sun was or how strong wind blew, the

villagers had never given up their intention or lost their

patience to wait for His Majesty to come. Even when it

rained heavily, no one wanted to go home. An article by

Capt. Sriratna Hariruks, “His Majesty’s Powerful Charisma

at Tha Yang”, in the book entitled, “72 Years of the Great

Political Scientist Monarch”, tells a brief but wonderful

story that once at the Huay Sut Yai Project it was raining

quite heavily when His Majesty’s helicopter arrived. The

local government officials and villagers, who lined up to

welcome His Majesty were all soaking wet but stood

orderly in their lines. As His Majesty stepped down from

the helicopter, one of His Majesty’s aides-de-camp from

the Palace Police Unit stepped up to His Majesty with an

umbrella to protect His Majesty from being wet by the

rain. His Majesty, seeing all local officials and villagers

standing firmly in their lines, all of them being soaking

wet in the rain, told the Aide-de-camp to keep the

umbrella and walked in the rain to greet the officials and

villagers closely and got soaking wet the same with all of

them.”