THE POT

Aditya Pariyar
Ohio, America

Once upon a time, there were two fine men. But one was poor. His name was Jack. He owned a small plot of land. The people before him who lived here found many treasures in the land.

Even though he dug and dug, he never found anything and one time when he was digging he decided to give up. But right before he decided to give up, he felt something metal in the ground with his shovel. So he decided to dig it up and it turned out to be a pot.

He took the pot home, and on the bottom of the pot there was a little note which said, ¨Thou shall put anything inside of me, I shall multiply by two.”  So jack put a gold coin in it and immediately there came two gold coins and there stood Jack in awe. So Jack did what he thought was logical for him. He put the two more gold coins in the pot and it produced four gold coins as he wished. He kept on doing this whole night.

The next day he walked out of his old house rich and he was richer than anyone in the neighborhood except for the king. Seeing his riches, his greedy neighbor reported to the king that Jack is suddenly richer than king himself. The king out of his jealousy and greed, called Jack to the Palace with his miracle-pot.

When Jack went to the palace and presented his pot to the king, he inspected the pot and he accidentally fell inside the pot. All of a sudden, two Kings were produced and those two kings fought with each other. While they were fighting with each other for throne, accidentally they fell in the pot again. As the pot promised, it produced four Kings who came out fighting with each other.

Jack knew the pot had to be destroyed despite his love for it. So, he threw his miracle pot in the fire and the Kings killed each other with only one king remaining. Jack sacrificed his valuable pot for the better results.

THE END

Moral of the story: never be greedy.