The ponderous king

There was once long lived a king. He was huge. He was clumsy and fat. He was so big, that whenever he sat the whole village use to shiver and houses would fall. The king would then rebuild those houses stronger than before, so they don’t fall again. This was how every house in the village was recreated, stronger than before.

One day a strong earthquake shook the whole country. All the villages crumbled and fall, except one. The clumsy king one. It stood, as the houses were strong and strong enough to withstand the force of the earthquake. This was how the village was saved, because its king was fat and clumsy.

The king was big, so was his appetite. Every new merchant who came to the kingdom has to see the king first. Every new fruit or sweet or beverage, was to be tasted by king first. Villagers didn’t like king for this. 

But one day, a merchant came, with a new fruit. That fruit looked delicious and was cheap. As soon as king came to know of it he asked the merchant to sell it to no one but him. He did so. Then the king ate it and he fell ill. This disease was dangerous one. Its cure was very expensive, so expensive that only a king could’ve afforded its expenses. A normal villager would’ve died. Thus the village was saved from another disaster, because its king was clumsy and fat.