Kids Story Books : The Handkerchief Story In English
The Handkerchief Story
✍Zakia was a beautiful and clever girl.
She lived with her father. She was so
clever that her father always asked her
for advice. But one day, her father did
not go to her for advice.
father to let him marry her. Zakia's father
did not tell his daughter about it. Instead,
he told the King, "Oh, my King, my
daughter will be very glad to marry you!
But Zakia was not glad. "No, Father," she
said, "I will not marry and love a man
whom I do not know."
Oh, daughter," said her father, "if you
don't marry him, he may get very angry!
At last Zakia said, "All right. I'll marry him
But the King must learn a trade. I'll marry
him only if he does so. One day he may
lose his throne and what shall we do then?
We shall be poor and would die of hunger.
Go to the King and tell him my wish."
him his daughter's wish. And the King
smiled and said, "Your daughter is not
only beautiful but very clever, too. I'll be
glad to do as she asks. I am sure that we
will be happy together."
So, the King began to learn the trade of a
weaver. Soon he could weave a beautiful
handkerchief and he sent it to Zakia as a
present. Zakia liked the handkerchief.
Within a month they got married and
were happy together. Zakia often helped
the King with her clever advice.
One day the King came to his wife. "I want to know my People, he said. "How Can I
learn what they think? Zakia said, "My King, if a man wishes to know another man
well, he must live with him or meet him often. You must put on common clothes as
our people and meet them in the streets of our city." The King liked the idea and the
next day he walked along the streets with two of his ministers. Then dinner time came and the king suggested that they should eat at a place where the common people ate.
So, they went to a small inn which was on a narrow street. The moment they stepped
in, the floor opened beneath their feet and they found themselves under the floor. They began to shout, but nobody came to help them.
"Where are we?" said the King angrily. Suddenly they heard a laugh and they saw the
ugly tace of an old man above them who was threatening them for money.
"Let us tell him who we are when he comes back," said one of the ministers. "Oh, no.
said the King. "If he knows that, he will kill us today. Give me some time to think."
Soon the ugly man came back, "Here is
some water for you to drink. But I shall not
give you any food."
Then the King said, "I want to tell you
something. You may get much money for
it." I like money very much," said the
ugly man.
"I am a weaver and the King's wife likes
my work very much. I shall weave a
handkerchief for her. You will get more
money for it than for the good dishes in
your inn. I am sure."
The ugly old man brought down a loom and
thread and said, "I want the handkerchief
by tomorrow." The King made a beautiful
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