The Magic Pot

Once upon a time a farmer, Gopi, lived in a village. One hot afternoon, the poor farmer was digging his field. He found a huge metal pot. It was big enough to boil rice for more than hundred people. After he had dug for a long time, Gopi felt tired. Then, he threw the spade into the pot and sat under a tree to take rest.

After a while, when he got up to leave, he could not believe his eyes. There were one hundred spades in the pot. “This is a magical pot. I will put this mango inside the pot and see what happens," Gopi thought. Then, he put a mango into the pot and found one hundred mangoes in the pot. Gopi carried the pot to his home and kept in a secret place so that no one would become aware of it. After that, he put many things in that and everything became hundred folds. With that pot, he became a rich man. The king came to know of the pot. The king was curious to know about it and he was a greedy king. “I want to find out the secret of the magical pot. “If it is valuable, it should be mine" the king thought. Then at once, the king ordered his men to bring the farmer and his pot. When the magic pot was brought to the king’s room, he did not know what to do. The king thought, “Let me see what is there inside this pot which makes this pot so magical?" He looked inside. Carelessly, he slipped and fell inside the pot. When he climbed out of the magic pot, he was shocked. He found there were one hundred Kings.

All the kings then started to climb the seat. They fought among themselves and died. “The foolish king took away the magic pot from me out of curiosity and finally he died. This magic pot has killed the king himself," said the farmer. Then, he decided to leave the magic pot at the king’s palace.

King Midas and Golden Touch

King Midas was a very greedy king. Even though he was very rich he always wanted for more and more. One day, he called his court magician and commanded, “Find me a spell that can get me more treasures than I already have.” The magician said, “Your majesty, I can give you a power that no one else in this world has. Anything that you touch will turn into gold.” The king was glad with his good fortune. Everything he touched turned into gold. He turned trees, grass, tables, chairs, flowers, and vases into gold. He thought that he must be the richest man in the world.

But, the next day when he woke up, he touched the bed, his clothes, and everything turned to gold. He looked out of the window and saw his daughter playing in the garden. Then, he sat to have breakfast and King Midas felt really worried. His food turned into gold the moment he touched it. He was getting hungry and he said to himself, “I can’t eat and drink gold.” Just about that time his daughter came running and he hugged her and she turned into a gold statue.

The king was upset and started crying. The magician who gave the spell came again and asked the king if he was happy with his golden touch. The king said he was the most miserable man. The magician asked, “What would you rather have, your food and loving daughter or lumps of gold and her golden statue?” The king cried and asked for forgiveness. He said, “I will give up all my gold. Please give me my daughter back because without her I have lost everything worth having.” Then, he said to the king, “You have become wiser than before” and he broke the spell. He got his daughter back in his arms and the king learned a lesson that he never forget for the rest of his life.