😤THE EGGS AND THE POTATOES

                      THE EGGS AND THE POTATOES.               

         Amit was an ambitious young man. He wanted to be rich and so he set out in search of a good fortune. He was lucky indeed and he earned a big fortune before long. So, when he returned to his town he was rich man.

         Now, a baker had a shop near Amir's house. He came to know of Amir's fortune and made up his mind to reap advantage of it. So, he sent a dozen of boiled eggs to Amir's house.

         A few days later, the baker sent a bill for the eggs that he had sent to Amir's house. It amounted to one thousand ducats. Amir was surprised to see the bill and refused to pay such a high price for 12 boiled eggs. So, there was a dispute between the two.

          The baker was not going to give up. He served a notice to Amir and took the matter to the court of the Caliph. Summons were issued against Amir and a day was fixed for the hearing of the case.

           On the day fixed for the hearing, Amir reached the court very late. The trial had begun and the baker was stating his case. He said, "Sir, I sent a bill for one thousand ducats because from those one dozen eggs, a dozen chickens would have hatched out to become hens and then multiplied to a large number of hens in this way. By now my lord, I must have become master of a big hen-house.

   

           The judge now turned to Amir and asked him to explain why he had reached the court so late before stating his case before the court.

           Amir said, "I boiled some potatoes and sowed them in my field so that I might have a rich harvest from them.

         The judge at once retorted, "Since when have boiled potatoes started giving good harvest ?"

         "Since boiled eggs have started hatching out chickens, My lord," pat came the reply from Amir.

           So, the judge came to realise the trick of the baker and dismissed his case. Not only this, he sent the baker to prison for filing a false suit.

😤The magic table

     Once a young man worked as an assistant to a magician. He was very good-natured as well as diligent. Before long, he won the heart of his master who praised him for his honesty and hard work. 

     After a year or so, the young man expressed his desire to go home. The magician allowed him gladly to go and gave him a magic table as a gift. When the words---set yourself---were said to the table, a rich meal appeared on it.

    The young man was very happy to have the table. He believed that he need not work any more in life. So, he set out on his journey home.

     On the way, the young man had to stop at an inn to pass the night. But he had reached there fairly late in the night and no food had been left by now for him. So, the inn-keeper said to the young man, ''As no food is left with me now, you will have to make do with these slices of bread.''

     ''No problem,sir ; I'll manage my own food.'' Saying so, the young man ordered his table for food. In no time, it provided enough food for him.

       The inn-keeper was awfully amazed to see the magic and he decided to have the table for himself. So, when the young man was asleep, he stole the magic table replacing it with another that looked just the same.

     But the magic lay with the young man, not with the table. So, the new table started providing the young man with foods that he wanted. And he had nothing to feel worried at all.

      As for the inn-keeper, when he gave orders to the stolen table for food, nothing appeared on it. Instead a club appeared that began to thrush him non-stop. But what could he do now?

  

      The inn-keeper ran to the young man and confessed his theft. He implored him to save him from the club. The good-natured young man took mercy on him and pardoned him. Next morning, he left for his village with his magic table.