Story of a very intelligent king

Story  of a very intelligent  king

Translated  by

P.R.Ramachander

There  was a kingdom  on a huge  river shore

 In  which  any one  wanting  to become   a king  can become ,

A king for  five years  and later   they  would,

Be left to the  other  shore  of  the  river.

The other shore   was a huge , thick forest,

Which was  full of very dangerous   wild animals,

With no human beings living there,

And all kings will cry horribly while going there.

It was time for  one king to go  to the other shore,

 He boarded the royal boat with lot of joy,

And was  cracking  jokes   with all and the boat man,

Asked him, “don’t you know you will die within a day?”

He  told , “first year  I sent thousand  hunters   to hunt,

And kill   all the animals there and they killed all animals,

Nexrt year I send thousand expert  farmers  , next year,

Thousand   expert builders   who made a great town/.

Last year  I transferred  two thousand  government servants,

With double salary, with  needed  labour and  ,

They have made it in to a great town, and I am going there,

To be the king of the town   for ever   and ever.

The boatmen understood   and along with  the king,

Settled  in the new town   with double  the salary.