The King was in plain dress. He was checking how people were living in his state.
He stopped at farm of a farmer who was taking out juice from sugarcanes.
Farmer offered a glass of juice to King.
The King tasted it. It was very sweet.
He started thinking about levying tax on sugarcane.
He asked for another glass of sugarcane juice. The farmer gave another glass.
The King drank juice from the glass but he was surprised that the juice was no more sweet. It was tasteless.
He asked farmer, how juice become tasteless so suddenly.
Farmer looked at sky, thought for a second and said, "The King of this state must have become greedy. Otherwise there was no reason for the Earth to dry up its sweetness.
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The poet of this poem was Kalapi. He was King of a small state called Lathi in Gujarat.
Haresh Raichura
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