Tenali Raman Stories - Golden Mangoes - Short Stories for Children

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1 Oct 201507:33

Summary

TLDRIn a tale of wit and irony, King Krishnadevaraya mourns his mother's death anniversary, unable to fulfill her last wish of eating mangoes out of season. Rajguru suggests a symbolic gesture of golden mangoes to pundits, including Raman, to appease the royal mother's soul. Raman, in turn, cleverly manipulates the pundits with a tale of his own mother's unfulfilled wish, leading to a comical twist where he escapes punishment by exploiting the king's decree with a clever trick, highlighting the power of humor and intelligence over material wealth.

Takeaways

  • 😔 King Krishnadevaraya is in sorrow due to his mother's death anniversary and her unfulfilled wish to eat mangoes out of season.
  • 🧐 Rajguru sees an opportunity to use the situation to his advantage, suggesting a way to fulfill the king's mother's wish indirectly.
  • 🍎 The king decides to give golden mangoes to the pundits as a symbolic fulfillment of his mother's wish.
  • đŸ€” Raman, a pundit, finds out about the king's actions and decides to play a prank by inviting the pundits to his home under the pretense of his mother's death anniversary.
  • đŸ”„ Raman's prank involves branding the pundits' legs with heated iron rods, which was his mother's actual unfulfilled wish.
  • đŸ˜± The pundits are shocked and refuse Raman's prank, returning the golden mangoes and fleeing from his house.
  • 😡 Rajguru and the pundits decide to complain to the king about Raman's actions, demanding that he be punished.
  • đŸ—Ąïž The king orders Raman to be beheaded for his actions, but Raman has a last wish to pray to the goddess Kali.
  • 🙏 Raman cleverly uses his last wish to avoid execution by kneeling down at the moment he calls out to Kali, causing the guards to miss.
  • đŸ€·â€â™‚ïž The guards return to the king, who decides to spare Raman's life, believing it to be the will of the gods.
  • 😂 The king's decision to forgive Raman leaves Rajguru speechless, and Raman's cleverness has once again exposed the folly of the pundits.

Q & A

  • Why was King Krishnadevaraya in a sorrowful mood?

    -King Krishnadevaraya was in a sorrowful mood because it was his mother's death anniversary, and he felt sad when he thought of her.

  • What was the last wish of King Krishnadevaraya's mother that he could not fulfill?

    -The last wish of King Krishnadevaraya's mother was to eat mangoes, but it was not the mango season, and he could not find any mangoes despite his efforts.

  • What was Rajguru's suggestion to fulfill the unfulfilled wish of the king's mother?

    -Rajguru suggested that since the king's mother died with an unfulfilled wish, her soul would remain restless, and to appease her soul, the king should present golden mangoes to a few honorable pundits.

  • Why did Rajguru invite all the pundits instead of just a few?

    -Rajguru invited all the pundits as a golden opportunity to take revenge against Raman, who was presumably a rival or someone he disliked.

  • What was Raman's reaction when he saw the pundits receiving golden mangoes?

    -Raman could not resist the situation and decided to play a trick on the pundits by inviting them to his home under the pretense of his mother's death anniversary and her unfulfilled wish.

  • What was the last wish of Raman's mother that he claimed she had died with?

    -Raman claimed that his mother's last wish was to have her legs branded with heated iron rods due to her suffering from Rheumatism.

  • Why did Raman want to brand the legs of the pundits?

    -Raman wanted to brand the legs of the pundits as a way to fulfill his mother's last wish, which was a ruse to get back at them for accepting the golden mangoes from the king.

  • How did the pundits react to Raman's request to brand their legs?

    -The pundits were shocked and refused Raman's request, saying that they had helped the king by accepting the golden mangoes, but this situation was different.

  • What did the pundits do after Raman's request?

    -The pundits, including Rajguru, returned the golden mangoes and left Raman's place, avoiding the fulfillment of the so-called last wish.

  • What was the king's final decision regarding Raman's punishment?

    -The king decided to forgive Raman, believing it was god's wish for Raman to live and make people laugh, after the guards failed to execute him as per the initial order.

  • How did Raman trick the guards into not executing him immediately?

    -Raman tricked the guards by asking them to cut off his head the moment he called out 'Mother Kali'. He kneeled down as he uttered the words, causing the guards' swords to miss him.

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