Hatem Tai was a famous noble man living in Arabia. He was
kind. The king sent his soldiers to kill Hatem Tai. But Hatem Tai left his palace
and riches and went into hiding in a forest. Failing to catch Hatem Tai the
king declared a handsome reward of one thousand gold coins for catching Hatem
Tai. A woodcutter and his wife were taking a rest sitting beside a bush. They
didn’t know that Hatem Tai was hiding in the bush. The wife said that if they
could arrest Hatem Tai, they would get the reward and become rich. Hearing
this, Hatem Tai said to himself, “I have nothing but my own life to give them.”
So he surrendered to them. The woodcutter was very honest and refused to take
Hatem to the king. In the meantime, five armed men came and took away Hatem
from them. The woodcutter and his wife also followed them. Everybody claimed to
the king that he had caught Hatem. But Hatem said that it was the woodcutter
and not the other people who caught and brought Hatem Tai to the king. He requested
the king to give the promised money to the poor woodcutter’s family so that
they would live in peace. The king heard everything from the woodcutter. He
said, “I am proud but you are kind and humble. I am defeated by you. As long as
you live please stay in my court and do good to my subjects. You are free to do
anything you like for the welfare of my kingdom.”
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