It was a kingdom. King Charudutta was ruling the kingdom.
He had a son by the name Bhagadutta. He was young and energetic.
Suddenly Bhagadutta developed a desire to drink tender coconut water. He was drinking at least 150 tender coconuts at a time !
Now this has become a big problem for the king. How much ever Bhagadutta drinks, his thirst is not quenching.
Royal doctors were unable to help. King declared that whoever cures his son, will be awarded 1000 gold coins.
Many people tried their best but of no use. Finally, a poor man came to the court saying that he wants to help.
King had no other choice. Poor man started his treatment.
Slowly young Prince started to feel better. Now he's drinking just 50 tender coconut water a day.
As treatment went on, disease of being thirsty always of Prince got cured.
Poor man wanted to leave. King had totally forgotten about his promise of giving reward to poor man.
Poor man didn't asked for it by himself thinking that king may feel that he is hungry for money.
But he needed the money. Sighing and cursing his bad luck, he started to leave.
As soon as he stepped out of Palace, Prince started to feel thirsty again.
By watching all this, the main priest reminded king of his promise to poor man.
Shamed at his forgetfulness, King himself ran near poor man and apologised for his forgetfulness.
King rewarded poor man as promised and with the treatment of poor man, prince got cured from the disease.
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