Once there lived a greedy landlord. He appoints a poor farmer to
look after his 40 acres of mango crop. In return, he told that he will be
giving 4 acres of mango crop land. The farmer worked sincerely for 4 years and
the crop yielded the best result.
The poor farmer informed the landlord about the progress. The
Landlord came to examine the crop and found 2-3 trees which didn’t bear fruit
and gave 4 acres of barren land to the poor farmer. Being poor, the farmer went
to his home with a sad face.
The farmer son who is studying in a city came to know about the
incident. So he, along with two of his friends came to the village in new
attire. The farmer son acted as a monk by keeping a long beard and his two
friends acted as disciples to him. Two friends went to each and every house and
told about the monk. So the villagers starting to visit the monk. As the monk
knew the names and problems of the villagers, he started telling their names
and problems.
One day, the monk told that there is a huge storage of gold mine in
the village. By hearing this, the landlord visited the monk and enquired about
the details of the gold mine. After repeated requests, at last, the monk took
him to the farmer’s 4 acres land and told him that the gold mine is hidden in
this area. The monk told that he is leaving tonight and told to build a big
temple with some money which he gets from the gold mine.
Next day, the greedy landlord went to the farmer and told him to
return back the land and take the 4 acres of mango crop land. But farmer didn’t
return it. After negotiations, the landlord offered 10 acres of mango crop land
for which the farmer was not satisfied. At last, the landlord gave away 40
acres of land and took those 4 acres of barren land. Before leaving, he farmer
brought the bond papers and asked the landlord to sign the papers which are the
proof for 40 acres of mango crop land.
From next day, the landlord appointed men and started work but
found nothing. By this, the farmer son taught a lesson to a greedy landlord.
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