Question

Whose bargain did the poet accept and why

Answer 1

The poet accept the child's bargain as the child hired him for nothing, he was a free man ; and that was what he wanted.

Answer 2

The poet accepted the child's bargain, after being asked to strike a bargain with the king, the old man and the beautiful lady, because the child hired him for nothing and that made the poet a cheerful and free man.