The Valuable Lesson - By Srithik Pal

Once, there was a kingdom named Uttarampur who’s king was a very kind and generous person. But, there were 2 teenagers who were very naughty and annoying. They always irritated others by stealing delicious food items, beating others etc. Besides all this, they also were very lazy.

An idea struck the king’s mind and he thought of teaching them a valuable lesson. The king rushed to the homes of the teenagers and told the family members everything. They knew most of the things but then the king said, “I think I have to teach them a lesson.”

“Sir, we are very grateful to God for having you as our king, but please don’t cause any harm to them.”

The family members cried. “Don’t worry, I will do nothing but I will make them feel sorry for what they have been doing to others”, said the king.

The next morning when the boys were approaching a nearby village to irritate the people there, the king and his workers followed and caught both of the teenagers. The king told them, “If you do me a favour, I will give you a sack of gold.”

Both the teenagers were surprised and agreed to receive the gold. By evening time, they went to a small godown where a sack of gold was kept. Both of them were there for the night shift. But, as the king left, they both fell asleep.

Obviously the thieves came and stole all the gold with joy. The next morning, when the king came to the godown, he found the teenagers sleeping and the sack of gold vanished!  The king shouted with anger waking both the boys from their sleep. The king took both of them and sentenced them to punishment. The boys pleaded but the king refused to listen to them.

The boys cried to the king to release them.  Then the king said, “Now will you irritate others and be lazy?”

The boys answered, “No Your Majesty! We will not do any more bad things”.

Hearing this, the king released them with some mangoes and both the teenagers went happily to their homes.  They also promised their family members that they will not do any mischief henceforth.

Moral of the story - Do not be mischievous all the time, everywhere.