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Articles: Short Stories | Tenali Rama- Stories
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THE REWARD DIVIDED
One day, King Krishnadevaraya and the royal family were enjoying a dance recital in the palace. The two sentries at the gate had been instructed not to allow anyone inside. Tenali Rama arrived and wanted to get in, when he was stopped at the gate and rudely pushed by the sentries. They sneered at him, 'You are one who receives rewards from the king, but you never shared them with us. So, you deserve this treatment!' 'Oh, that's why you are angry with me?'said Rama. 'You let me enter today and I promise to give you half of whatever I receive.' The sentries, now overjoyed, allowed Rama to go in. But the king was very much annoyed, as the dance was interrupted. He called his guards and asked them to give a hundred lashes to Rama. 'Thank you, my lord!' he said. 'But I' ve already promised to give half of what I receive to your sentries at the gate.' The king was intrigued. Then Rama explained how he was allowed to enter. The sentries were brought in and given fifty lashes each.
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