Question

Why do you think the children sold the object for a penny whereas
the traveller sold it to the king as a curiosity?

Answer 1

Answer:

is this the grain as big as a hen's egg?

Answer 2

The children sold the object for a penny as the children in their innocence did not have much value for things nor did they care, whereas the the traveller sold it to the king as a curiosity as he was aware the object would fetch him a handsome amount, even more if he sold it to the king, for the king would certainly be curious in such objects and also be able to afford it than a commoner.

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Additional Information:-

• Chapter:- A grain as big as a hen's egg
• Author:- Leo Tolstoy

Written in 1886, this parable takes us back to a time when land and what is yielded, was free to everyone. It also teaches us that one shouldn't live by one's own labour and be content with it, and not to eye on what others produce.