THE STRANGE WEAPON

                          THE STRANGE WEAPON

Its the midnight. It’s been raining on and off all day. The wind blows from the surrounding forest. Then again the thunder and the roar of the dogs whispered, and from time to time the laughter of the spirits were heard. At the same time, dense lightning strikes the face. But King Vikramark not even disturbed, returned to the ancient tree and climbed the tree to retrieve the dead body. So as soon as he threw the body on his shoulders and began to cross that desolate road, the dead ghost said, “Rajan, who told you to suffer so much? I do not know what kind of accomplishment you are doing here on this miserable night, leaving the happiness of the palace. But remember, there are human beings on this earth who have the opportunity but they left them. Aren't you one of them? Let me give you an illustration to explain this. Listen carefully, and your work will be relieved.

Betal said: King Rajendra Deva is ruling the Malay country. Once upon a time, there was a riot on the border of his state. The king did not understand why there was such unrest in one part of the state, despite the fact that there was peace in all other parts of the state. In the meantime, the minister sent his spies to find out. The king of Madhyagad, a neighboring state of Malay, is causing conflicts in the state by sending some charades in disguise. If there is chaos and terror, it will be very easy for the Madhyagad to occupy that area of Malaya - perhaps this was the intention of the Madhyagad king.

One day the king and the minister were discussing the matter, just as the merchant of Sindhu state sent a petition to meet king of the state. The king called him. The merchant said, "Your Majesty, I have invented a wonderful weapon. See. ” With that, he extended a hand to the king. "It's not like a weapon, it's like a toy," said the king. 

The merchant said, “Your Majesty! Clicking on the bottom of it and point the finger towards the enemy or target, it will kill it no matter how big the creature is. Actually the thing is, It contains a very subtle venom, from which a small piece of yarn will go and hit your target body. One tube will work for hundreds of times. ”

The king was wondering if he would go further with the merchant's words, the minister said, "Well, sir, you keep it with the king." The king will go for a visit today. Will test it if got the opportunity. Let's come after three days.

 "The merchant agreed. On that day the king had a plan to go to one of the wild roots of his kingdom. He spent the night in a room near the forest. He thought he would use the pipe the next day in the forest. He sleeps next to the tube, but he doesn't sleep deeply. Suddenly in the middle of the night, he felt someone entered the room. He saw that two people hiding their face coming towards him. The king asked, "Who?" Immediately they took out two knives. The king picked up the tube and, after noticing the two of them, released his finger twice. As a result, they fell on the ground. Soldiers came from the other room. They confirmed the king, that these two are the king's bodyguards. They were plotting to assassinate the king by taking a bribe from the king of Madhugad.

                                   

The king was fascinated by the miracle of the tube. He returned to the capital the next day, summoned the merchants and gave him many honors and awards.

"Thank you very much for the award, Your Majesty," said the merchant. If there are a thousand or two thousand such weapons in your kingdom, no enemy will ever dare to attack your kingdom. If you arrange, I will set up a factory here and supply you with weapons. I know It's expensive. But you know the benefits are unlimited. ”The king was excited and was about to say something. But the minister suddenly asked the merchant, "Dear merchant, we know that the king of your country is a wise and intelligent man. How many weapons have you sold him? He has many enemies. Wouldn’t it be good for his country if he equipped his people with your invented weapons? ”

"You're right," said the merchant. I had the same idea as you that the king of Sindhu is a prudent man. But I talk to him frequently but he didn't encourage me at all, also advised to stop creating these weapons, and gave a proposal of employment to any other farm. 

Without saying a word, the minister looked at the king and smiled a little. The king said to the merchant, "Sir, you go with the reward I have given to you." It is not at all possible for me to assist you in any way in the construction of this weapon. Like your king, I say, do you have any other work in my kingdom. I will provide work. ”The merchant left. The king and the minister then went to the border and warned the people about foreign spies and their plots. He made other arrangements so that the wicked of Madhyagadh could not enter and cause chaos in the state. Gradually the situation improved.

                                  

Betal was silent for a moment, then raised his voice and asked King Vikram, "I have a suspicion. Enemies were harassed at the border. Maybe later they would have invaded the Malay kingdom. The king could have easily defeated the enemy with the help of those strange weapons. But he went to the border himself and warned people, was that really necessary? Why did he reject weapon making project?

King! Answer all my questions if you can. And if you remain silent having the answer, your head will be cut off. ”Even in a moment, King Vikramark replied, "The enemies of all the kingdoms are afraid. No state is always safe. So once King can use that strange weapon to subdue the enemy, but after that the weapon remained in the hands of his state people! People would misuse that weapon as much as they wanted. Whoever was a little angry with someone would use weapons. "State will have more turmoil and terror due to its own people rather that the outsider enemy. So at the behest of the minister, the king rejected the merchant's proposal and introduced his wisdom. "As soon as King Vikram's reply was over, the corpse fell from his shoulders and fell again on the tree branch.