Why do you think merchant brought gift for the king?
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because if King would became satisfied by his product then he may give market for that particular product.
In a mud hut far from town lived an old grasscutter named Wali Dad.
Every morning, Wali Dad cut and bundled tall, wild grass. Every afternoon, he sold it as fodder in the marketplace.
Each day, he earned thirty paisa. Ten of the small coins went for food. Ten went for clothes and other needs. And ten he saved in a clay pot under his bed.
In this manner Wali Dad lived happily for many years.
One evening, Wali Dad dragged out the pot to see how much money it held. He was amazed to find that his coins had filled it to the brim.
“What am I to do with all this money?” he said to himself. “I need nothing more than I have.”
Wali Dad thought and thought. At last he had an idea.
The next day, Wali Dad loaded the money into a sack and carried it to a jeweler in the marketplace. He exchanged all his coins for a lovely gold bracelet.
Then Wali Dad visited the home of a traveling merchant.
“Tell me,” said Wali Dad, “in all the world, who is the noblest lady?”
“Without doubt,” said the merchant, “it is the young queen of Khaistan. I often visit her palace, just three days’ journey to the east.”
“Do me a kindness,” said Wali Dad. “The next time you pass that way, give her this little bracelet, with my compliments.”
The merchant was astonished, but he agreed to do what the ragged grasscutter asked.
Soon after, the merchant found himself at the palace of the queen of Khaistan. He presented the bracelet to her as a gift from Wali Dad.
“How lovely!” she said, admiring the bracelet. “Your friend must accept a gift in return. My servants will load a camel with the finest silks.”
When the merchant arrived back home, he brought the silks to the hut of Wali Dad.
“Oh, no!” said the grasscutter. “This is worse than before! W