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THE KING’S FIELD AND THE GOLD MORTAR BOWL #Inspirational Moral
Stories
A king
took pity on a very poor peasant and gifted him a tiny piece of land, to
grow
food for his family. While ploughing his field, the peasant dug out a
heavy
mortar bowl made of gold. He decided to give it to the king, who was
the true
owner. His daughter told him not to do so, saying: ‘The king will
demand
for the pestle also, and we will have a hard time then.’ The farmer
replied:
‘How can he ask for something that we don’t have?’ Against her
wishes,
he went to the king. But his daughter’s fears came true! When the
peasant
said that he did not have the pestle, the king accused him of lying and
threw
him into prison, where he starved for many days. The poor man bitterly
regretted
not having listened to his daughter! When the king heard him say
this, he
wanted to know what else she had said, so the farmer told him. The
amazed
king sent for her. He freed the girl’s father and put her in command
of his
treasury.
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