Question

1) how did merchant save himself?

2) whom did the king accuse for the thief's death?why?




Questions from ch4 (kingdoms of fools)

Answer 1

Answer:

1 ) Answer:The merchant defended himself by telling that the weak wall was not his fault, but was the fault of the bricklayer who had constructed it.

2) Answer: According to the King, the real culprit was the rich merchant's father, who had ordered the goldsmith to make jewellery. However, since he was dead, his son would have to be punished in his place.

Answer 2

Answer:

1) The merchant defended himself by submitting that he had not built the wall. The wall was built by a mason during the time of his father. He argued that the mason who built the wall should be held responsible for the death of the thief.

2) According to the King, the real culprit was the rich merchant's father, who had ordered the goldsmith to make jewellery. However, since he was dead, his son would have to be punished in his place.

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