{"id":10713,"date":"2022-01-30T06:59:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T06:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=806"},"modified":"2022-01-30T06:59:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T06:59:23","slug":"emperor-akbar-and-the-half-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/30\/emperor-akbar-and-the-half-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"Emperor Akbar and the Half-Reward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Emperor<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One day, the Emperor Akbar went to the jungle to hunt, but when he followed a new trail, he got lost.  He called for help but it was no use.  The sun was setting.  The Emperor called out, \u201cAh! Here I am, all alone in the woods, in the dark!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A young man named Mahesh lived in a hut nearby.  He heard the call and ran over. You can be sure the Emperor was glad to see him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know the way back to the palace,\u201d said Mahesh to the Emperor.  \u201cFollow me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safe home at last, the Emperor said, \u201cYoung man, I want to give you a gift.\u201d  He took a ring of emerald and gold from his finger, and gave it to Mahesh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Emperor<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn a few days, come back to the palace,\u201d said he. \u201cI want to give you something else, even more grand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days later, Mahesh came to the palace gate. A guard at the door stopped him.  \u201cHalt!\u201d he said.  \u201cYou do not look like someone who should see the Emperor!\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I have come to see him,\u201d said Mahesh. \u201cAnd the Emperor knows me.\u201d He showed the guard the fine ring that Emperor Akbar had given him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell!\u201d thought the guard to himself. \u201cIt is not every day I see such a ring!  I have an idea.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guard said, \u201cListen to me. I will let you inside. But any gift you get from the Emperor, I must get half.\u201d  The guard crossed his arms.  \u201cThat\u2019s the deal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Emperor<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What could Mahesh do?  He agreed.  The guard let him into the palace, and showed him to the royal room of Emperor Akbar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy young friend in the woods!\u201d called Emperor Akbar when he saw Mahesh.  \u201cI am very glad you came back.  Now I can give you another gift.  What would you like from the King of Hindustan?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Your Majesty!\u201d said Mahesh with a bow.  \u201cI would like 50 lashes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat?!\u201d said the Emperor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The royal advisors were shocked. \u201cThis young man is crazy!\u201d they whispered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt makes no sense!\u201d said Emperor Akbar. \u201cWhy would you ask for such a thing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will tell you after half the lashes,\u201d said Mahesh. So the king\u2019s men started to whip him, as he had said. But after the 25th lash, Mahesh asked the King to call the guard who was standing outside the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWow!\u201d thought the guard.  \u201cWhat grand thing will I get now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Emperor<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

But to his surprise, Mahesh pointed to him.  He said, \u201cMy Emperor! This guard let me inside the palace only if I agreed to pay him half of any reward I may get from you. I always keep my promises. So please, give him the 25 lashes that are left.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emperor ordered that the guard be given 25 lashes, along with 5 years in prison. Emperor Akbar was more pleased than ever with Mahesh. He invited the young man to stay at the palace and serve as his royal advisor.  And there Mahesh served for many long years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The End<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One day, the Emperor Akbar went to the jungle to hunt, but when he followed a new trail, he got lost.  He called for help but it was no use.  The sun was setting.  The Emperor called out, \u201cAh! Here I am, all alone in the woods, in the dark!\u201d A young man named Mahesh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[601],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}