Page 17 - Moral Stories Vol 3

Costly Gifts
One day a king stepped out of the
gates of palace and man there.
had a
chicken in
hands. On
the king
bowed
respectfully and said: 'Maharaj, I gambled in your name and won this chicken. It belongs to you. Please accept it."
"Give it to my poultry keeper," said the king.
A few days later the king saw the man standing outside the gates again. This time he had a goat with him. "I won this goat in your name, Maharaj," he said after saluting the ruler.
"It belongs to you."
his found a standing The man plump his seeing he
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