The Treasure

Once the king of a village was riding on his horse early in the morning on the streets of his kingdom to understand the smooth functioning of his kingdom. Suddenly he found a beggar on the corner of one street , looking up and cursing the God ! The king felt little upset so he went close to the beggar and asked “ hey ! why are you cursing the God “? What happened ? On hearing the King’s words he turned towards him and replied “ Why should I not curse the God who has not given me a penny to have a piece of bread! No one is giving me alms as well. You are lucky as you were born as a Prince and became the King ,so you will never understand my difficulty” Leave me alone and go away !
The King instead of getting angry at the beggar said O.K since you want some money I will give you one hundred gold coins can you cut your right hand and give me? The Beggar said “uh! Who is going to give the precious hand for just 100 gold coins.? How will I lose my hand? No!

Then the King smilingly asked ok Can you cut your right leg and give if I give you 1000 gold coins for it.The Beggar hesitantly said…even if I get 1000 gold coins”…No.no I am not going to forego my leg. Finally the King said Ok I will give you 10000 gold coins will you cut your tongue &give me?”Hearning this the Beggar was very furious ,he shouted and said how dare you ask me my body parts?Having listened to the beggar patiently the king said that “so you agree that you have a hand which is costlier than 100 gold coins,a leg which is valuable than 1000 gold coins and a tongue which is more precious than 10000 gold coins,then why are you cribbing and cursing the God? Make use of your body parts and earn money why should you beg? The beggar now realized his mistake and started working hard to earn his living.

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