Message #9676

[Jitendra Hydonus]

A beggar found a coin and gave it to a guard. The guard gave it to the King. The King wanted to know who gave this coin to the guard and wanted to talk to him about it. The King asked the Beggar; Why did you not sell the coin. The beggar replied. I could have made some money from the coin but it was old and reflected the heritage of our country. The King was impressed by his answer and decided to make him head of his treasury department. But the treasurers complained that he was stealing from the treasury. The King wondered y he would want to steal anything so he watched him from a secret place. He found that he did indeed bring a bag in the vault. However he pulled out of his bag his begging clothes and put them on. He said to himself "Old man remember who you were and what you have today you may not have tomorrow." The King came down from his hiding place and begged forgiveness from the old man and found out it was the treasurers who falsely accused him who took the money. Since the king did not have a successor he appointed the beggar to b his successor as King.