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Once upon a time, there was a man named Krishna who lived in a village called Rangapuram. He was a man that grew lot of pumpkins in his farm and instead of selling the pumpkins to distributors, he started selling it himself by visiting various other villages, cities and towns. One day a stranger looked at him and said this to him. Dear sir, my boss has a huge shop in which he intends to sell pumpkins. We realize that you are a man that grows pumpkins in your village. If you were willing to do business with us, we suggest you name your price so that we can purchase pumpkins from you. I'm very sorry. I've always desired to sell my own pumpkins by myself. Hence, I do not wish to sell the pumpkins to a distributor. I cannot understand what you are saying. Everybody all around these villages always sell their vegetables and fruits to my boss. They sell it with no issues and they get a lot of profits to themselves. They do not seem to have a problem with it at all as it is very easy for them. Respected sir, I hope you understand what I am trying to say. I am a farmer. Working hard is something that I do on a daily basis. I do not want to give my vegetables to a distributor because I know that he will increase the price in his shop. My job is to give the best quality of vegetables to every single common person at a very cheap price. In that way, I increase my profits and at the same time, I give them a very healthy product. If I give it to a distributor, not only would my profits be less but also the people would not be able to purchase it in a convenient price. This country is a country that respects farmers and I hope you respect me. After listening to what Krishna said, the man immediately left. Krishna then went to the pumpkins that he had and put those in the bullock cart. He then started traveling all around other villages and he reached the village named Udaigiri. It became very late at night and Krishna had decided to take some rest so that he can wake up tomorrow. As he was roaming around the village trying to find some shelter, an old man was standing outside of his house. He stopped Krishna and said this. You do not look like from this village. Are you a new here? Sir, my name is Krishna. I am from Rangapuram village. I am a man who sells pumpkin to people all around this town. I was going towards a village named Udaigiri and I reached here. Since my cows are very tired and I am also here at night, I decided to find a shelter so that I can sleep and wake up tomorrow morning. You seem like a very influential man. Could you find me a place where I can sleep for the night? After listening to what Krishna said, old man replied. Don't worry about that. This village is too big. It can have place for men like you since you seem like a very nice person. Why do you have to look around to find a place to sleep? You can sleep at my own house. I have a very big house. Krishna felt very glad that the old man was allowing him to stay in the house. The old man then prepared some food for him. Krishna ate all the food that he could. Krishna then kept his cart and pumpkins next to the old man's house. After that, Krishna and old man sat outside of their house and they were talking to each other. Thank you so much for your hospitality. It is because of men like you that there are a lot of good things happening around the world. Otherwise, I would have been roaming around this village trying to find a place to sleep. I really appreciate what you have done for me. You look like a man who makes whole slaving and you also a very hard working farmer. It is the duty of men like me to help people like you. It would be a privilege and an honor for me to get some goodwill by helping other people in need. By the way, are these pumpkins from your farm that you made yourself? Or these pumpkins bought from another place? I would like to let you know that these pumpkins have grown in my own farm. I do not have that much money where I can buy pumpkins from other people. As they both were talking like that, after listening to what Krishna said, the old man looks at him and says this to him like this. What are you doing seems to be a very noble and righteous thing. Nowadays, people are forced to buy unhealthy products, vegetables and fruits from these retail businessmen. They buy the raw materials from men like you and they increase the price and they sell it in very harsh conditions. This forces the customers to purchase very ineffective products which causes them harm and they also spend a humongous amount of money for it is men like you have existed. It is because of the goodwill of the people and I hope you can continue what you are doing. Yes sir, you are absolutely right. This is the exact reason why I have decided to sell my pumpkins directly to the people instead of giving them to the distributors. It is because of men like you that there are few people in this world that can be healthy and have good food for their children. With this mindset, even our nation will prosper and everybody in our country will also be much more healthier than they are. Anyway, it has become very late. After saying like this, old man gets up and goes into his house and Krishna decides to sleep. When he was sleeping, he thinks like this. Wow, what a great man this person is. His words and his generosity and kindness has deeply moved me. This man's opinions and views on things are also very noble and righteous. I hope a lot of people can encounter men like this in the future. Krishna immediately went to sleep. The next day, sun rose very lately as it is a cold season. Krishna also woke up. Krishna got up and Krishna decides to give his few pumpkins to the old man. But as he was moving around to see where his pumpkins were, he was shocked to see that only half of his pumpkins were there. He then went to the old man and he said this. Last night I kept all my pumpkins outside of your house. But unfortunately, today morning as I was checking, I am not able to find half of the pumpkins. How dare you ask me such a question? I slept exactly when you went to bed last night. And how can you question my intentions? Is that what you are doing right now? I suggest you to leave from my house. At that moment, Krishna had decided that the old man was the one who stole all the pumpkins. He then gets very upset and says this. How can you do this to me? I thought you were such a good man. But you took all my pumpkins while I was asleep. How could you be such a cruel man? You are acting like a good man, but you are really a cheater. This is what I get for trusting strangers who are outside of this village. I should have never invited you to my house and I should have never feed you dinner last night. How could you sleep at my own house and accuse me of something this terrible? When you spoke to me last night, I thought you were a great farmer who had great intentions. But today, I realize that you are nothing but a snake. The old man starts scolding him terribly. Krishna looks at the old man and says this. The more you keep lying, the more harm it's going to bring you in the future. I don't want to fight you anymore. Just give me all my pumpkins that you stole from me and I shall go on my way. Is that so? First, I suggest you to leave my house immediately. If you stay here outside of my house any longer, I shall call my people to come and strangle you and throw you out of this place. You are talking way too much and you are disrespecting me now. Krishna realized that he will not get justice by standing outside of his house. So Krishna took all the pumpkins that he had and he went directly to the city's leader. Krishna spoke to him and told him everything that he had occurred until then and he filed a case on the old man. Listening to this, the leader looked at the Krishna and said this. If all you want is the pumpkins that was stolen from you, I can provide those pumpkins immediately. But that old man seems to be a very rich and wealthy individual. There is no reason for him to steal all the pumpkins. I do not understand why he would commit such an act. Therefore, I will call him and I will talk to him so that I can get to the bottom of this. The leader calls the old man to visit his house so that he can talk to him. As soon as the old man entered the house, he says this. Respected sir, there is no way that I had stole those pumpkins and I have no use in stealing pumpkins as well because there are several pumpkins in my own form. I have no idea why this man has accused me. Knowing my status and my wealth, I would never do such a thing. Even I believe what you are saying. But either way, those pumpkins were stolen at your house. So it is on you to prove that you haven't stolen those pumpkins. To solve this issue, I request you to bring the pumpkin that you have grown in your own form so that I can evaluate it. The old man immediately left to bring the pumpkin from his own farm. Krishna and the leader were talking to each other at the time. The old man brought the pumpkin back to the leader's house and Krishna took one of his pumpkins and gave it to the leader as well. Apart from the leader, there were 2-3 people there. Now both the pumpkins are in the leader's hands and he is evaluating it along with the other people. Leader then says who are they. This man's name is Dhanaya. He is an expert in crops, vegetables and fruits. He can be able to make several suggestions in how to solve this issue. Dhanaya, please figure out and find which pumpkin belongs to which form or if they are very similar or not. Dhanaya watches both of these pumpkins and he analyzes it. Looking at it from the outside, there is no difference. I think I would have to taste it to find the difference or it is similar. Fine, then I hope you can figure out which pumpkin belongs to who by tasting it. Dhanaya took the pumpkin that the old man brought and he cut it into several pieces. He then ate one of his pieces of the pumpkin and he started falling into the ground and shivering insufferably. Leader was shocked and said this. Could somebody please help Dhanaya? I am not sure what has happened to him. He seems to be suffering and he looks very ill. Please help him. One of the people there takes the pumpkin and he evaluates it. He then says this. So, this pumpkin has been poisoned. Dhanaya has been poisoned. After he ate this pumpkin, he must be treated immediately or else he shall die. The doctor takes Dhanaya and he goes to treatment. After that, the leader gets very upset and he says this to the old man. Sarabhaya, is this the business that you do with the pumpkins in your farm? Recently, there has been a lot of cases of people dying due to eating pumpkins. Recently, a businessman also died because somebody gave him a sweet that had pumpkin in it. Is this what you were trying to do by killing other people? If Dhanaya dies and he passes away, the blame would be on you and you will be hung to death. After this, even God won't be able to save you. After listening what leader said, the old man becomes very scared. He brought the leader aside and said this to him. Respected sir, I would like to let you know that this pumpkin does not belong to me. I had stolen it from the Krishna. He would have to punish him for selling these poisoned pumpkins to everybody. He is the reason why Dhanaya is sick. Please make sure that I do not get any punishments. If you make sure of that, I shall give you anything and everything you need. Not only a young doing at criminal activity, but you are also trying to get me to be criminal just like you. It is already a crime to steal from other people's property. But now you are telling me to accept a bribe from you. I will never do that. Do I look like a man who accepts bribes? You are a terrible person for this society. And I wonder what else have you done in the past. How dare you try to bribe me. So, I will never ever forgive you, Sarabhaya. After a while, Krishna, the doctor and Dhanaya walked towards the old man. Old man was shocked to see Dhanaya and he said this. Finally, as you can see, Dhanaya is alright. He is not sick anymore. Even if he was sick and he did pass away, the blame would not be on me as it is not my pumpkin. I had stolen this pumpkin from Krishna. Since everything is alright, let us all go back home. Please forgive me as I just did a small crime of stealing. Finally, I have made you admit for the crime that you have committed. Dhanaya is not a person who is an expert with vegetables. Neither is that doctor an actual doctor. These both men are nothing but actors who work at the theatre. Krishna did not accuse you of being a thief without evidence whatsoever. In fact, he knew exactly the person that you are after. You stole it from him because you are servant and your associate had met him several weeks ago and asked that if he could have some of his pumpkins. Krishna refused to give you his pumpkins. Therefore, you decided to take everything from him by keeping him as a guest in your own house. Now, your crime has been exposed by yourself. If you cannot help farmers like me, at least don't steal from us. We are innocent people who barely make a living to survive. All we want to do is provide vegetables and fruits for people so that they can survive. We do not want to have a lot of money neither or we greedy. It is unjust and unfair for you to treat me like this. I hope no farmer goes through the situation that I am going through. I thank you for being such a fair and noble man. I will make sure that I punish this man for the crimes they have done against as well. After that, leader takes all the pumpkins that was stolen from him and gives it back to Krishna. If I hear another crime where a farmer has been cheated, I will punish them much more severely than before. No businessman or retailer or distributor can ever cheat a farmer again. After the story became famous all around the village, every single farmer decided to do what Krishna does. They started selling all the vegetables and fruits directly to the people. If you like this story, please like and share. For more new stories subscribe for our new stories book English.