The Tale of a Princess

Sham S. Misri

Long ago a king was defeated in a battle and was obliged to flee. He moved to a small village many miles away from the city. So hurried was his escape, that he forgot to take any money with him. However, the princess (the king's daughter-in-law) had eleven rubies with her. She gave one ruby to the king, as soon as they reached the village for the night, and begged him to go to the market and get some food. The king took the ruby, and went to the shop of a certain merchant and asked him to change it for a rupee's worth of food. The merchant agreed. He told the king to accompany him to his house, where he would give him the money.

The merchant was a very wicked man. He might have paid the king there and then
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