Test of intelligence
There was a king who was famous for his wisdom. One day, a man named Liza came to the court of the king . He prayed, " Your majesty ! I have come to you to seek an employment. I am an educated man and will do any job here."
The king said, " We can't employ you without testing you. Come to the court tomorrow. But remember you are not to bring any gift for us. But don't come empty handed without any present."
Hearing this, the courtiers assembled there looked at the king puzzled.
Liza bowed his head and departed saying, " As you wish."
The next day, Liza came with a white pigeon in his hand, bowed before the king and spoke, " Your Highness ! Here is my gift for you,"and extended his hand with the bird towards the king. When the king extended his hand to hold the bird, it flew off.
The king said, " You have passed the first test." Then , the king gave him a small piece of thread and asked him to take it and get a cushion made out of it."
But in the evening, Liza sent a straw to the king through one of the servants with a request, " Please get me a hand loom made out of it by midnight. I will bring the cushion tomorrow."
Thus Liza passed the second test by outwitting the king.
Next day, the king sent to Liza some flower seeds and asked him to bring flowering plants grown out of the seeds the next day.
Liza sent two empty cardboard boxes through the same messenger with a request to the king, " Your Majesty! I am a poor person. Please supply me some Sunshine and rain in these boxes."
The king, ministers and courtiers were very pleased with the intelligence of Liza. They requested the king to give a suitable job to Liza.
But the king thought of putting Liza through one more intelligence test before giving him a good job.
But to the surprise of all, Liza came to the court next day. He came on the back of a turtle. And he had wrapped himself nicely with fisherman' s net.
Liza bowed before the king. The happy king admitted, " Liza ! You are very intelligent indeed.We are all happy with you. Well, I appoint you as my personal advisor in the rank of a minister from this moment.
All the people hailed wise Liza and lauded the king for his wise decision.
There was a king who was famous for his wisdom. One day, a man named Liza came to the court of the king . He prayed, " Your majesty ! I have come to you to seek an employment. I am an educated man and will do any job here."
The king said, " We can't employ you without testing you. Come to the court tomorrow. But remember you are not to bring any gift for us. But don't come empty handed without any present."
Hearing this, the courtiers assembled there looked at the king puzzled.
Liza bowed his head and departed saying, " As you wish."
The next day, Liza came with a white pigeon in his hand, bowed before the king and spoke, " Your Highness ! Here is my gift for you,"and extended his hand with the bird towards the king. When the king extended his hand to hold the bird, it flew off.
The king said, " You have passed the first test." Then , the king gave him a small piece of thread and asked him to take it and get a cushion made out of it."
But in the evening, Liza sent a straw to the king through one of the servants with a request, " Please get me a hand loom made out of it by midnight. I will bring the cushion tomorrow."
Thus Liza passed the second test by outwitting the king.
Next day, the king sent to Liza some flower seeds and asked him to bring flowering plants grown out of the seeds the next day.
Liza sent two empty cardboard boxes through the same messenger with a request to the king, " Your Majesty! I am a poor person. Please supply me some Sunshine and rain in these boxes."
The king, ministers and courtiers were very pleased with the intelligence of Liza. They requested the king to give a suitable job to Liza.
But the king thought of putting Liza through one more intelligence test before giving him a good job.
He sent a message to Liza, " The king wants you to come to the court tomorrow. But don't come on foot or horse back. And you shouldn't be wearing any clothes. Neither should you be naked."
The courtiers were taken aback. Many thought that Liza would give up and go away. Some of them thought that the king wanted to deny job to Liza for some reason unknown.But to the surprise of all, Liza came to the court next day. He came on the back of a turtle. And he had wrapped himself nicely with fisherman' s net.
Liza bowed before the king. The happy king admitted, " Liza ! You are very intelligent indeed.We are all happy with you. Well, I appoint you as my personal advisor in the rank of a minister from this moment.
All the people hailed wise Liza and lauded the king for his wise decision.
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