MURSHIDA VIII-I (2011-12)
Once there lived a king named Sakkariya. He was very selfish and he didn’t love the poor people or help them. There was a poor old man living near the king sakariyya’s palace. The king didn’t like this old man because he was poor and honest. The king scolded poor people having no reason.
Once the king asked the old man: “Yeh….old man, Can you give me your land?”
“No”: old man replied.
“You are not obeying my order! How dare you say this?”
The king ordered his soldiers to put the old man in prison. They did what they were ordered to do.
The old man told the king: “There is a precious thing in the pond near my house. After drying the water I’ll get the thing. That is why I told you that I would not give you my land.”
“I want that precious thing.” The king rushed to that place with the old man and jumped to the pond. Only after he had jumped, he thought that he didn’t know to swim. All the people accompanied him from his palace stood around the pond.
“Save….save….me….help…help..” dipping in the water he called out.
No one standing around the pond was ready to jump in to the pond. But the poor old man jumped in to the pond and saved the king. The king realized that love and kindness is greater than selfishness.