I am sure that you will not refuse a dying man his last wishes. He reached the house of aunt and announced himself. You must eat first and leave a small portion of everything in the plate and I will have that only. She started eating a little of everything and left the rest for Gopal to eat. Then she offered the food to Gopal. Meanwhile Gopal had taken out the shrimps from his pocket and when aunt was looking, mixed the shrimps in the yogurt. Then he started eating the food with great relish.
You are quite habitual to the rich food of the palace. Aunt was horrified. The aunt was aghast now and scared that Gopal being a trumpeter will announce this to the whole world and bring shame to her.
If you pay me five gold coins, I will keep mum about this dish. Now the aunt was in a fix, five gold coins is a large amount but at the same time, if she did not pay and Gopal speaks out, it would be a big face loss.
What will my family do after I am gone? I am sure you will take care of my family in my absence. Then he took the three gold coins left for the palace of Maharaja Krishna Chandra to show him the gold coins and tell the whole story. As soon as Gopal reached the court, Maharaja congratulated Gopal and offered him the five gold coins. Gopal was very happy as in a single day he had managed to earn eight gold coins and he decided to distribute a part of this to the poor of the town.
Once the Maharaja was celebrating the birth of his grandson and the party went well into the night. As a result, Gopal could not go back home and had to spent the night at the guest house of the palace.
In the morning, the Maharaja went for a walk through the garden and reached the guest house where most people were still sleeping after a late night. Gopal who was also there, got up first and saw the Maharaja.
The Maharaja acknowledging the same asked him if he had a good sleep and thereafter went on his way. A little later, the royal barber came to give Maharaja his daily shave. While shaving, the barber accidentally nicked the cheek of the Maharaja and the blood came out from the cut.
The barber got scared that the Maharaja will now punish him severely. But generally the barbers are a clever clan and this one was no exception.
I feel you must have seen some unlucky face this morning which is responsible for this mishap. The Maharaja felt what the barber said made sense and he thought whom he had seen early in the morning.
He realized it was Gopal Bhand and he called him at once. When you saw my face first in the morning you got a nick in your cheek but I also saw your face first thing this morning and I got the death sentence!
Tell me whose face is more unlucky? The Maharaja realized his folly and immediately withdrew the order and rewarded Gopal for his wits. Once Gopal was going to a distant town and passing through a village when he felt hungry and thirsty.
He thought of buying some food from the food stall and then realized that he was not carrying any money on him. He did not know anyone in the village so getting a loan from somebody was not possible. Dejected he kept walking. Then he came across a food stall where a kid was manning the stall and there was freshly made sweets on display.
Gopal satisfied left the stall went on his way. After sometime, the father came out and was horrified to find the empty tray of sweets. The father realized somebody has made a fool of him and thought who it could be. The following day Gopal was again passing through the same area and stopped by the food.
So I had to use the ploy to fool you. I am sorry to have caused inconvenience to you. Here, please keep this money for the sweets. It is an honor to serve you. Gopal with much persuasion made the shop owner accept the money as did not like to have free food at the expense of poor villagers.
Maharaja Krishna Chandra liked to honor the talented people and many such persons were given a place of honor in his court. Once another Jester by the name Hasiram came to his court and displayed his talents.
The Maharaja was pleased by his talent and immediately appointed him his court jester. Now there was another jester besides Gopal. Hasiram, from the very beginning started entertaining the courtiers with his quick wit and soon became very popular with everybody around. It seemed that he was always one-upping on Gopal and people thought Gopal would be jealous of this new person.
You seemed to have given up. Hasiram is always one-upping on you. I think you should pull-up your socks and show everybody that you are more talented in matter of wits. Then he thought of the means to achieve the task. Gopal found out that Hasiram was planning to visit his mother the next day.
He had ordered sweets from the sweetmeat shop and two big fish from the fishmonger to take back home. Next day before anyone could know, Gopal started off and reached the home of Hasiram.
His mother knew Gopal and liked him as her son. I know my time is getting over and soon I may die. The old woman would have none of it and forced Gopal to have some snacks before he left for Krishna Nagar. Half way on the way back, he met Hasiram quite happy and contended carrying a big container full of sweets and two big fishes. Even if she is old, she still is our mother. She has left for the heaven! Gopal said something as if to console him but Hasiram was inconsolable.
On reaching home, he found his mother quite healthy and immediately realized that Gopal had made a fool of him. In fact, Gopal never said his mother passed away but he only imagined things in his anxiety and he saluted Gopal for his wits. Meanwhile, Maharaja had a hearty laugh when he got to know what happened with Hasiram. He realized that Hasiram was no match to Gopal in matter of wits. The announcement to this regard was made across the kingdom and also at the neighboring states.
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There was, however, one exception. One candidate, who was sitting quietly all this while got up and started leave the court. I have seen about forty thousand patients so far in my life but only five have died. I do not think I can achieve the figure of one thousand even if I tried the rest of my life. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Henry Rider Haggard Books.
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