The King and His Three Staff, ABTA PAGE 189 Writing

Write a story using the given hints: (10 marks) 

Hints: A king – calls three royal staff – first one fills sack with fruits – second fills half sack with fruits and half with other goods – third fills mostly other goods and only surface with fruits – king keeps them in three separate rooms with their sacks – for a month – first survives – second dies after 25 days – third dies after 17 days. Give a title and moral.: 

 The Value of Honesty 

The King and His Three Staff

Once there was a wise king who wished to test the honesty of his three royal staff. He gave each of them a sack and ordered them to fill it with fruits from the royal orchard.The first staff filled his sack sincerely with fresh fruits. The second filled only half with fruits and the other half with different goods. The third one was dishonest and filled the sack mostly with useless things and covered the top layer with fruits to deceive the king.The king then kept each man in a separate room for a month with only the sack they had filled. The first man survived comfortably because he had collected good fruits. The second man survived for only twenty-five days. The third man, who had filled his sack with mostly useless goods, died after seventeen days. The king proved that honesty and sincerity always reward a person, while deceit leads to destruction. Moral: Honesty is the best policy.

Moral: Honesty is the best policy.