A Sultan wanted to find an honest man who would look after
the revenue (income) of his kingdom. An experienced and wise friend of Sultan
advised him to announce publicly his intention and then to invite all the
applicants to his palace.
“I shall show you the honest person among them when you will
ask all of them to dance.” The wise man said.
The candidates for the post arrived. They were invited to
meet the Sultan at his palace once after another through a corridor dark and
solitary. As soon as they gathered in front of his throne, the Sultan declared,
“Gentleman, I want all of you to dance joyously.”
But all of them refused, became red in face in
embarrassment, except one who danced well and with much gaiety. The wise
philosopher declared, “Here is the honest man.”
As the wise counselor of the Sultan had arranged bags full
of gold along the dark and lonely corridor, all the dishonest candidates had
filled their pockets with gold before appearing before the Sultan, If they had
danced the gold in their pockets would have jingled and that is why they had
refused to dance.
The moral of the story is ‘honesty has nothing to fear’.
