Grandma's Stories--527--Faithfulness !!

There was a king  named Vidhyadhar.One day while his court was on,a man named Veeru came there with his wife daughter and son and asked for a job.The King appointed him as main guard of the royal gate for one thousand gold coins.The king always felt suspected about him and he asked his spies to keep a keen eye on him,and collect the information about him and he came to know that he spends a big part of his salary for religious works.One night it was raining hard,a weeping sound was heard from the funeral place.Veeru went there without any fear,the King followed him.A lady was weeping,she said to Veeru,”The King will die next month,and I will be orphan.”Veeru asked,”Is there any way to avoid such bad thing.”The Lady said,”If you sacrifice your son,then only you can save the King,Veeru’s family was also following him so they all came forward and said,”We all will sacrifice for the King”Now the King came forward and said,”There is no need to sacrifice any body”Just then the Lady converted into GODDESS.She said I was just testing both of you and you are passed in it .