ONE day,tenali's young son entered the palace garden. he saw some beautiful red roses. the boy plucked a number of roses to take home to his mother. the guards of the palace caught the boy,he had some roses in his hand. they decided to take him to the king.on the way they met tenali rama.''what's the matter?''he asked the guards.''your son has stolen roses from the palace garden. we caught him with the roses in his hand. so we are taking him to the king''they replied .
''what!my son wouldn't do such a thing!''tenali exclaimed.''look at the flowers in his hand!''they pointed a finger,''my son must be punished if he has done wrong.i won't stop that''tenali said.''but, he is very clever.he will manage somehow''tenali thought.he took off the shawl he was wearing and covering will protect my son.''the boy understood what his father was trying to tell him.
he pulled the shawl about his shoulders and his face. then, unseen by the guards, he quickly ate the roses in his hand.the guards brought the boy before the king.''o king!this boy is tenalirama's son.he entered the palace garden and plucked the roses.we caught him and have brought him here''said the guard.the king asked the boy ''do you have stolen the roses?''''the boy has all the roses he plucked in his hand.you can inspect his hand,''the guard respectfully. he held out the boy's hand.''what is this?i cannot see any roses in his hand!"the king exclaimed.''my boy,tell me what happened.''
''o king!i did not do any wrong. these guards are jealous of my father.they wanted to give a bad name to him. so, they are calling me a thief!that is why they brought me to you.''the boy said cleverly. the king told tenali rama's son to go home.he scolded the guards and sent away.
No comments:
Post a Comment