TITLE: The King of The Palmist

There lived a King in a country. He was very haughty and arrogant by nature. But he had a strong faith in palmistry. He enjoyed the expressions and speeches of the palmist in a luxurious way. He enjoyed their forecasting a lot.

One day one of his councilors came to him and said that a palmist had come to visit their country. He said that the palmist was a great scholar in palmistry and he could forecast exactly. The King told the councilor to invite the palmist. After having a luxurious dinner the palmist started to study the palms of the king’s hands. After exercising the palms of the King he kept silent expressing nothing. The King created pressure to express his fortune. Then the palmist said “My lord! It’s a matter of regret that you will die soon.” Hearing the message the King became too much furious. “You fool! You know nothing about palmistry.” Said the King, The King gave him imprisonment. He ordered execution of the palmist. Before the execution the King again called the palmist. He told him, “You fool! Can you draw out the date of your death?”

The palmist designed a plan to rescue himself. The palmist told the King that he will die just before a week of the death of the King. Hearing this the King became pale and drove out the palmist instead of killing.