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.