There was a peasant named Jaber who lived in a village. He had a small plot of land. On a hot day, the peasant Jaber was digging in the ground when suddenly his pick struck something. The peasant decided to continue digging, then he found a large pot inside the ground.
The large pot was rich because it would provide the peasant with food for a hundred people. The peasant thought the pot wouldn’t be of any use to him, so he decided to dig deeper, hoping he would find something else. The peasant continued digging.
After digging for a long time, the peasant felt tired, so he thought that digging wouldn’t be of any benefit after that, as there was nothing in the field. Then he found many goblins inside the pot in the middle. He sat resting under a large tree.
After some time, he decided to get up and leave, but he didn’t believe his eyes, for there were about a hundred goblins in the pot. The peasant thought this pot was magical, and he decided to put many things in the pot. Everything he put in the pot multiplied a hundred times, and because of the pot, the peasant became a rich man.
He reached the king with news about the magic pot and what it could do. The king wanted to take the pot from the peasant, thinking that the king was extremely greedy, he thought he could steal the pot from the peasant. So he ordered the soldiers to bring the peasant and the pot to him.
When the soldiers brought the magic pot to the king’s room, the king didn’t know what to do with it, so he decided to look inside the pot. He wanted to know how the magic pot works. He looked inside the pot, but the pot was deep. He started trying again and again. The king went inside the pot and tried to get out of the pot, and he found that there were ninety-nine other kings besides him. The kings all started coming out of the pot one after another and started fighting with each other.
The conflict increased until the kings started killing each other. The peasant thought that the foolish king wanted to take the pot from him and became wealthy. The peasant thought that this pot was dangerous and could cause many problems, so he decided to bury it again so it wouldn’t cause new problems.
The moral of the story: Greed can sometimes lead to destruction, and greed is also a bad trait that can lead to the destruction of your life and the lives around you. You must always know your limits and where you should end and stop, so you don’t cause harm to yourself or to others.
Sometimes making decisions with wisdom may make you happier, and also you must realize that there are times when you must make difficult decisions, even if these decisions may be painful, but you must make them to protect yourself and your life.
Translated from story: The Magic Pot