king's palace ...... the
1...... a fisherman .... golden fish ...... to the king
gatekeeper
demanded ...... half of reward ......clever fellow ...... gave .....
to the king ...... beautiful fish pleased.
good reward ...... fifty lashes on my
back ......
gatekeeper called in ...... twenty-five hard lashes ......dismissed.]
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... twenty-five lashes ...... Stop
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Explanation:
Once there was a rich man. He wanted to give a grand feast to his friends. He got all kinds of dishes prepared, but he was unable to get fish.He offered a reward to the man who would bring it. A poor fisherman heard about the reward and caught a big fish. He decided to give the fish to the rich man. When he reached the man’s house, the gatekeeper wouldn’t let him in till he promised to give him half the reward. The gatekeeper was an evil person. The fisherman thought of teaching him a lesson. The fisherman agreed to give half his reward to the gatekeeper. When the fisherman went inside to give the fish to the rich man, he was highly pleased and wanted to give him Rs. 100, but the fisherman refused to take it. Instead, he demanded a hundred lashes on his back. Everybody was surprised. At last the rich man ordered a servant to give him a hundred lashes. When the fisherman had received fifty, he asked them to stop as he had a partner in the business. The gatekeeper received the remaining 50 lashes. He had to suffer the torture because of his greed. The rich man understood the whole thing. After giving the gatekeeper fifty lashes he dismissed him from service. The rich man gave the fisherman a handsome reward.
Moral Too much greed becomes the reason for your downfall.