Once upon a time, there was a king who liked pearls. He bought pearls to decorate the palace. He bought pearls to decorate himself everyday. He decorated each and everything with pearls he bought. Pearls were here, pearls were there, pearls were everywhere! The king still found something missing in his kingdom. The king had almost emptied the coarse treasure he had. One day the courtiers said "your majesty our adjacent kingdoms have started to mock on us hard, we must stop wasting the resources on buying pearls, we are running out of treasures" said the courtier. The king got angry he said "Then suggest an idea and not the problem! " the courtier sat down thinking hard. The king called the wisest people in and around his kingdom, to solve this problem. The king announced "The person who solves survives! ". The people were scared. They never knew someone would solve this even. Many priests, saints and all tried. They were all mercilessly beheaded. A priest came in, and said " I know, your highness! ". All the people in the court were astonished. The king was himself surprised. He demanded "then what are you waiting for?"
, the priest "Is it okay if I give you powers to make pearls? " the king was very pleased! "Shall I even give you a new look? " asked the priest. The king said"Anything for pearls! ". He said "if that happens I need one lakh gold coins". The king readily accepted the offer. The priest asked him to come to the sea side and wait for him next morning, and he left the Hall. " your majestt we don't have one lakh gold coins ourselves!" the king replied "He does not knows that! " and laughed. The next day, they went to the seaside.The priest chanted some magic words and whoosh! the king turned into an oyster!

You greedy! from now on you make precious pearls, but you can never use it for yourself!, only cruel people will benefit from you.
© Sayee Dharshini