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saint to give him some food. The saint gave him the food but the selfish

king didn’t like the food and threw it. The saint felt very bad and angrily

said to the king, “You did not respect the food I gave you. I curse you that

one day you will become a tree and all the people will eat your fruits. But

you will not able to eat them. Whenever you will find something to eat

you will not be able to move, you will starve but you will not get food.”

The King laughed at him saying that this is not possible. Slowly, day by

day the king started turning into a tree. As the days passed, he started

starving. Almost six months passed, he was waiting for someone to come

and help but no one came.

One day three boys were playing hide and seek in the garden. One boy

hid behind that tree. Suddenly, he heard a voice, “Please help me child!

I am starving since last six months. I’m the king of this state but I have

been cursed by a saint for my wrong deeds.” Unfortunately before the

child could understand and react it started raining heavily the wind started

blowing. So the child ran away home. There was no one for the king. Due

to the storm the tree fell down and the king died.

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