In a village, there once lived a young man with his one-year-old son. Unfortunately, his wife had died soon after giving birth to the boy, and as there was no one to look after the baby, the young man married again. His second wife accepted the child as her own, and the days went by happily. Soon, they had two more sons. All three children grew up together. The man's wife treated all three boys alike, and the two younger boys never realized they had a stepbrother.

Some years later, the man passed away. Now the responsibilities of the household fell upon the shoulders of the eldest son. The young boy managed his duties so well that the family prospered. This made their neighbors envious. They decided to...