The Bronze Ring (2)

The Bronze Ring (2)

So the King sent messengers to every town, village, and hamlet in his dominions, to look for a gardener whose forefathers had been gardeners also, and after forty days one was found.

" Come with us and be gardener to the King, " they said to him.

" How can I go to the King ? " said the gardener, " a poor wretch like me ? "

" That is of no consequence, " they answered.
" Here are new clothes for you and your family. "

" But I owe money to several people. "

" We will pay your debts, " they said.

So the gardener allowed himself to be persuaded, and went away with the messengers, taking his wife and his son with him.

The King delighted to have found a real gardener, entrusted him with the care of his garden.

The man found no difficulty in making the royal garden produce flowers and fruit, and at the end of a year the park was not like the same place, and the king showered gifts upon his new servant.

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