The Greedy King Stories on Digitaledu4kids
The Greedy King
The value for the day is Contentment
Children, treat other people the way
you want to be treated. Be happy with what you have. If you want something
try and earn it. Don’t steal it from someone.
Greedy people are never happy in
life. Their desires are never fulfilled. They are never satisfied. Some people are always content with what they
have.
Some of them may even be poor, at
they never crave other's possessions. They are always happy with what God
has given them and lead a peaceful life.
Story
Azia was the king of Syria. Unlike
other kings, he was always ready to cheat his people to get whatever he wanted.
He had everything he wanted except the beautiful garden of his poor neighbor.
One day, his wife asked the reason for his sadness. He told his wife that he
wanted a beautiful garden. But Aram, the owner was not ready to sell it to
him. The queen said, “But you already have so many beautiful gardens. Why do
you want this one.”
The king answered, “None of them is
as beautiful as Aram’s gardens.” The queen was very wicked. She told the king a
plan to get rid of Aram and his family. Then he would own the beautiful gardens.
The next day, Azia called his
soldiers and asked them to arrest Aram, his wife, and his daughter. “You have
been found guilty of prying into the royal chambers of the queen.”
I order you to leave my country or
face death, “said Azia. Aram tried to explain to the king that he had never
been to that side of the palace where the queen’s chambers were. But, the king
was not ready to listen to him. Aram and his family were sent to the borders of
the country. The soldiers left them to die in the desert.
After walking for a long way, they
saw a light flickering at a distance. They reached the light and knocked on the
door of the hut. An old hermit opened the door invited them inside. Aram told
his story to the hermit.
The hermit gave them food, water, and
space to sleep in his hut. The next morning, The hermit told them to stay in his
hut as he had to go to the city. He told them that they should not leave the
hut. He would bring them food and water.
The hermit went straight to the king’s Palace. There he met the king and said,
“O, King! Please help me. A terrible thing has happened. I have been created by
my rich neighbor, who lives in a marble palace. He has thrown me out of my hut.
I have come to you for justice.”
The king was very angry with the rich
man who had done injustice to the hermit. He ordered his soldiers to fetch the
rich man, “I vow that the man shall die.”
At that movement, the hermit said,
“Arrest your king for he is the culprit.” He reminded the king about Aram and
his family. The king felt ashamed of his behavior. He himself went with the
hermit and embraced Aram. He apologized to him for his greed. The king built a
beautiful house in front of the garden and gave that land to the Aram so that
he could live comfortably.
Read more about Digital Content
Comments
Post a Comment