Grandma's Stories--376--Kind King !!

There were two brothers living in a village.They were very different by nature from their childhood.Their mother died many years before.They were brought up by their father,though it was a tough task to go out for earning and to look after two little children,But he was pulling on the life any how,while suddenly he was attacked by a severe illness,and died within fifteen days.the two brothers were young boys at that time,but they did not have any experience of living the life on their own.The elder brother was cunning so he captured everything including the house and kicked the younger brother out.The younger brother was a simple boy,he did not argue and walked away,he was just walking and walking,he had only a bottle of water in his hand and it was a sunny day.he felt thirsty he opened the bottle and as he was about to drink the water,a beggar asked water from him,the boy gave him the bottle,the beggar drank all the water,and returned him the empty bottle,the boy wanted to throw the bottle but he did not throw and kept it in his pocket.He again started walking,he saw an old lady was cooking rice in a pot outside her hut,he was also hungry,she asked,”Would you like to have some rice?he said “Yes”she served him rice in a plate,and asked him to take as much as he like,then she went away,he ate the rice ,served in the plate,then he took more,and more,and more,but the pot was still full,the lady did not come back,now he felt thirsty,he took out the bottle,it was full of water,he drank and drank but it was still full of water,he understood those things were,he took the pot and the bottle,and reached in another kingdom,it was drought there,all people were hungry and thirsty,he started giving rice and water to every one,The king heard about him,he was now old,wanted to retire,he did not have any child,so he called him and made him the king.People liked their king as he was a kind heart man.

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