I am alone and you have the rest Print

I am alone and you have the rest Serbian folk tale Once, the king walked the streets of his capital, and towards him - children leave school. One boy liked the king. Stopped by his emperor and began to ask why he was studying. The boy told, and the king liked his answer so much that he pulled out a golden ducat and held out the baby. But he did not become the Duke brothers. The king was surprised, and the boy said to him: - I'm afraid mother would say that I stole it somewhere! - Take a ducat and tell your mother that the coin was given to you by the king. And the boy answers him: - No, I won't, my mother will say, "If the king wanted to reward you, he would have given more!" The king laughed, poured the boy a full handful of ducats and told him to come to the palace. At the appointed time the boy came to the king, but at the gate of the palace he was stopped by a security guard and did not want to miss. As the boy did not ask - the guard and does not want to listen. Then he told the sentinel how the king gave him a dukat and ordered him to come to the palace. The guard looked up. - Well, let it be, I'll let you go. But for that you will share with me the gifts of the Sultan. - Okay. I am alone and you have the rest! - the boy replies. They agreed, and the guard opened the gate. The boy comes to the ruler, and he asks what to give him. The boy asked for a hundred heels. The king tried to dissuade the boy, and he stands on his own. Do nothing! The king ordered the sticks to be delivered, but when they were brought in, the boy said - Honorable king! Order to hit me once, and let the rest be put to the guard who is guarding the gate. You see, he didn't let me into the palace until I agreed to give him all your presents except one. So it turns out that the guard belongs to nine girls! The king listened to the boy, ordered the guards to be punished and dismissed, and he took the boy to himself, taught various sciences and eventually made himself his chief adviser.