Question

Why was the King looking for the tallest tree in the kingdom?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

he was looking for the tallest tree because he can keep the stumps of the to balance the collapsing kingdom.

Answer 2

The King looking for the tallest tree in the kingdom so that he could hang the person who was responsible for building the low arch.

Explanation:

• The Tale Of Melon City is an ironic and humorous poem by Vikram Seth.
• Like most of his poems it is like a ballad and narrates a story.
• The story goes that there once was a king in a particular kingdom who wanted a grand arch built.
• The best architects came to build the arch and finally it was ready.
• The King being a tall man, while riding on his horse, the arch hit his crown and  King's crown fell off .
• The King was furious. He ordered all his subjects to find the culprit who had made the arch. He would have him executed.
• To build a contrast the King looked for the tallest tree in the kingdom to match against the short height of the arch.
• The tree would serve as the gallows and witness the hanging of the culprit.
• Ironically the King himself was the tallest man in the kingdom who could be hanged from the tallest tree in the kingdom and he had to be thus hanged.

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