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A Fairy tale for the story time.
The story in short:
Once upon a time, a slave called Androcles escaped from his master and went into a forest,wandering. There he saw a lion groaning with pain. He went near him and found a huge thorn got into his paw and he was bleeding. Androcles took pity on the lion, removed the thorn and put a bandage around the paw. So the lion became his friend and Androcles spent a couple of weeks with him in the forest.. Later the King's men came in chase of the slave, and captured him and the lion. The slave was then sentenced to be thrown in front of the lion. But as soon as the hungry lion came near him, he recognised his old friend,fawned on him and licked his hands..The king came to know of the whole story and Androcles was pardoned...
Moral of the story: Do good to others and you will be rewarded doubly.
The tale in the new form.
Shehenshah and the tiger.
Once upon a time there lived an Emperor called Jalaluddhin Mohammad. He was fondly known as Jalal by his family elders and his Begum-e-Khas, but as Shehehshah for the others.
One day, he went for hunting in the forest with his newly wed Rajvanshi Begum and with his newly purchased 5 feet-long Matchlock (Gun). He suddenly saw a tiger staring at him..His reflexes made him immediately shoot at the tiger, but alas , he found that the barrel of the gun was empty . Then the Begum told him how in order to save the innocent animals, she removed the bullets from the gun without informing him.
The tiger, called Mohan, listened to their conversation and and became happy. He thanked the Shehenshah and his Begum for sparing his life, and ran away into the forest..The Emperor and the Begum returned safely to the Palace.
After many many years, the Shehenshah who became known as Akbar , a title given by his awam, waged a war against his arch enemy called Abul Mali and the war was fought for 10 days with heavy casualties on both sides..Akbar was captured alive by Abul Mali, and as per the custom followed in those days, he was tied to a pole in the Arena to be eaten by a hungry tiger. Akbar was praying to God for sending his harem women for help. Poor Akbar..the tiger was let loose to attack him.. Akbar at once closed his eyes and began thinking about his Begumfolk..
The tiger ran towards the Shahenshah and what a surprise! It is none other than our Mohan! "Shahenshah"cried the tiger. Akbar opened his eyes slightly and immediately recognised his old acquaintance . After learning from him what had happened, Mohan pounced on Abul Mali and killed him.
The haremfolk led by our Rajvanshi Begum arrived there with their bags full of Red Chilli powder. But seeing the Shahenshah unharmed and Abul Mali killed by Mohan, the begum thanked him and got the Shahenshah released with his remaining soldiers.
All of them went back to the palace and lived happily ever after.
Moral of the story: If your wife does good to someone, that someone will do good to you!
-The End-
(Grandma read this story on- line and decides to tell Baby and Babloo during bed time.)
Karkuzhali.
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