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Articles: Short Stories | Tenali Rama- Stories
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A ROYAL LOAN REPAID
Once Tenali Rama asked Krishnadevaraya himself for a loan. The emperor suspected that Rama might not have paid back the others and he found it shameful to approach them again. He told Rama, 'I can be generous, but don't think you can get away from me as you do with others.' Rama assured him of prompt repayment, but he was surer that his wit would come to his rescue. He stopped attending the royal Court. When the emperor noticed his continuous absence, he had doubts over Rama's intention to repay the loan. Krishnadevaraya decided to call on him. When he reached Rama's house, he found the Court jester lying down, all covered up, as if he was ill. His wife was by his bedside. 'Your majesty, ever since he borrowed money from you, he had been ill,' she told the emperor. 'What's the malady he's suffering from?' asked the emperor with great concern. 'The thought of a debt that has not been repaid seems to have affected his mind and body. Please help us,' the woman pleaded. The emperor comforted. 'Don't worry, sister, you tell him that I shall take it as if the loan has been repaid.' On hearing this, Rama jumped out of his bed. 'Thank you, your majesty, you're very kind.' The emperor was angry. 'How dare you fool me?' he thundered. 'I was ill with the burden of debt. Now that the burden has been lifted, I'm well again!' said Tenali Rama with a mischievous smile on his face.
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