Keeping a promise by a king | moral story for kids

Once upon a time there was a king. One day in the evening he was standing in his palace. At that time, He saw that a man was crying while walking on the road. He was crying a basket on his head.

The king called a man by his staff. The man came. He cried and said, 'Oh! Emperor, I bought a basket full of green papayas to your market. But nobody purchased it. So I will have to fast with my family today! The king thought, ' if he could sell papayas and with his money he could buy rice and other things and he could eat with his family. What will happen now?'

The king thought for a little while, what to do? Then he ordered his staff to buy all papayas to to give money from the royal court. The staff did so. The man gave thanks to the king with the money he bought rice and other things and went home with a lot of satisfaction.

Then the king thought, 'What is the permanent solution to this problem?' If anybody can't not sell his goods, then who will he live? After that day, the gave an announcement, "From today there will be no goods left unsold in the market, If there be any, I will buy the unsold goods.

Since then many people started gathering at market. People use to come from distance place. The king would buy all the unsold goods.

One day a potter came with a graceless idol (Alakshmi murti). But nobody bought that idol because, if the graceless idol (Alakshmi murti) came in to the house, there could not be the Goddess of Fortune (Lakshmi murti). In that case, it could be an evil for a household. At last, the potter had come to the king. And the king bought the graceless idol (Alakshmi murti) and put it in the palace very carefully.  Everyone along with the minister forbade the king to buy it. But the king did not pay heed to it. The Goddess of Fortune (Lakshmi murti) had left the place for the presence of the graceless idol (Alakshmi murti) in the place. One by one, Ganesha, Kartitka, Saraswati all gods and goddesses left the place. Flowing them the god of religion and justices (Dharmadeva) also wanted to leave. At that time, the king asked him, oh, Dharmadeva, why are you going?

Dharmadeva said, 'Oh! Emperor, all gods have left. How could I stay alone?'
The king said, "Dharmadeva, the god of justice, I did not do anything wrong. I kept my promise only. To obey the promise is the rule of religion. So, I  bought the graceless idol. I have done the work of religion. Indeed, all gods and goddess may go but you can not go."

Dharmadeva was convinced by the king. He did not go any more. He stayed in his position. Then all god and goddess had come back too. In this way, the king could keep this promise and followed the religion.

From this story 'Keeping a promise by a king' we learnt that keeping a promise is the part of religion. We have to obey our promise even if we truly get harmed too. And god and goddess help those who keep and obey the promise. On the other hand, it is the duty of the king to think about the people's joy and sorrow. If any people suffer, then the kings get bad name. We shall always remember these morals and will us in life. We shall always keep our promise.