Wednesday, September 17, 2008

TENALI RAMA HOW SHARED HIS REWARED?


ONCE a grouped dancers came to vijayanagara. their performance was praises by every one.so the king decided to invite them to the palace. to give a special performance. the king knew that tenali rama would spoil the evening,he gave strict orders to guards at the gates not to let tenali rama enter. the king also did not send an invitation to tenali. but, the other ministers were asked to attend. when tenali rama heard this, he felt quiet sad, he made up his mind to enter the palace somehow.

tenali rama reached the palace when the dance was about to begin, the guard at the outer gate stopped him.'' i have strict order not to let you enter'' he said. '' i am the king's close friend, not his enemy''.why shouldn't i enter''i too wish to entertain the king. he is sure to give me rich presents,''tenalirama said,'' look,i will share whatever he gives to me with you. do let me go in!the guard knew that the king gave rama many gifts. so , he felt tempted.''all right, you can go in, but, remember to give me half of what the king gives you!''he said.

tenali rama reached the door of the hall where the performance was going on. here too he was stopped by a guard who said that king had ordered him not to allow tenali to enter,''tenali rama said the same he is sure to give half of the gift to him.the guard agreed at once and allowed tenali rama to go in. when tenali went in, he found the troupe of dancers performing the'' krishna leela.''he picked up a stick and began beating the main dancer. the dancer yelled with pain.''rama! how dare you enter and spoil the dance!''shouted the king.krishnadeva raya thought thattenali would have to be punished.

''guards!give him 50 lashes for coming to the palace uninvited, and another 50 lashes for spoiling the show!''he ordered. ''wait a minute!''tenali rama exclaimed.''two share whatever i am given by the king. the two guards who let me enter on this condition!''he told krishnadeva raya all that the guards had said. ''i am glad that you have revealed the greedy men, rama. here is a bag of gold coin as a reward!'' the king krishnadeva raya said.

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