in Thenagar a youth named Sethu was wandering about in search of a job one
day when he was wandering the treasurer of the kingdom and his friend passed along the
same way the king is happy with you the treasury is full of riches what is the
secret of your success good business sense I don't understand what you mean
by that hmm how can I explain this to you
ah do you see that dead rat yes if I apply my mind then even without any
money I can begin a trade with that dead rat with a dead rat ha ha ha sethu was
listening to the whole conversation as he walked behind he came to a stand still
and looked at the dead rat the treasurer must have said that on some basis let me
take his advice so Sedhuo picked up the dead rat and walked on a merchant was
coming from the opposite direction his cat suddenly the cat slipped out of
his arms pussy pussy where are you running the merchant saw the dead rat
and understood why his cat right away in that direction he came to the youth
will you sell your rat to me i will pay you for it this one the merchant took
one paisa and gave it to sedhu sedhu accepted the money and gave away
the rat he moved on with one paisa and began to wonder what he could do
with that one pie see coming to a conclusion he went to a shop and
purchased jaggery for that one paisa let me take a bottle water and this jaggery
and wait at the outskirts of the town where people return from the jungle with
flowers and fruits
so sethu sat under a tree in the afternoon he saw many people returning
after completing their job sethu was now hopeful
and old man passed by brother you must be very tired eat a
little jaggery and drink some water to quench your thirst may who live long I
am very grateful take some flowers will you bring the water tomorrow also of
course the old gave him some flowers and went on his way sethu served water to
many passes by and received flowers from them in return in the evening sethu took the
flowers to the temple and began to sell them there Wow now I have earned
eight paise this is the first time I have earned money sethu now bought a big jug
and more jaggery went to the same spot by the side of the road leading to the
jungle as before on his way he saw some farmers cutting
grass in the fields let me try here if any of you are thirsty drink water oh
brother we are all thirsty they took water from sethu if you need any help
please let us know we will help you thank you brother
in this way one month passed one evening when the youth was returning home heavy wind began
blowing due to the wind the branches of trees and leaves were scattered all
around when sethu saw this when money can be earned from a dead mouse why not from
the branches of trees the next day he went to meet the Royal Guard you look
worried why what happened you can see branches scattered all around the garden
the king will be here any moment I wonder if I'll be able to clean the
garden before he comes don't worry I will help you clean this place but in
return you must give all the wood to me by all means take it
sethu loaded old wood in a cart
and he sold all of it to a Potter the potter gave him 100 copper coins sethu
was returning with the money all the way he heard that next day a horse
merchant was going to sell his 500 horses if I make arrangements for the
grass for all the horses I can earn a lot of money so sethu went to the
farmers brother how are you I am fine I want few
bundles of grass of course you can take as much as you want each farmer gave a
little grass sethu collected around five hundred bundles and loaded them in
a cart and proceeded to the market then the Horse merchant was looking for fodder
when he saw sethu with the grass he became very happy sethu sold the
fodder for 1000 copper coins I am very happy I have earned 1000 copper coins
now I have enough money to start a big business after a few days sethu heard
that a merchant ship was due to arrive the next day a merchant ship let me buy
some new clothes and approach the merchant sethu dressed up very well
and hired a chariot he mounted the chariot and went to the bank of the
river soon the ship arrived welcome merchant welcome I wish to
purchase all your goods the merchant was very pleased with sethu'swelcome and
he agreed to sell all his goods do him it might take me some time to arrange for
such large amount of money you might have to wait for a few days till then
keep this advance payment with you the merchant granted him the time sethu
put up a shelter a short distance from there it a little later many merchants from
the town reached there they approached the ship merchant to buy his goods but
learned that sethu had already purchased everything
the merchants approached sethu we wish to buy all the goods from the ship and in
return we will give you 1 lakh gold coins sethu readily accepted their
offer and took one lakh gold coins he paid the balance amount due to the ship
merchant and handed the goods to the local merchants now I am a very rich person
sethu was returning home with the gold coins all the way he was thinking of the
treasurer and his advice I should thank the treasurer and show my gratitude
after a few days he went to the treasurer's house sir on the basis of
your advice I have earned enough money in four months so I have come here to
thank you and give you this present sethu handed over a golden mouse sorry
i have not even seen you before how could i have advised you if i don't even
remember your face I think you have mistaken me for someone else
no sir it was your advice that helped me earn a lot of money sethu began telling
of the entire story starting with the incident with the rat
what a smart boy you are I am very impressed with your hard work and
dedication I would like to keep you with me after a few months sethu married the
treasurer's daughter sethu now my daughter and all my property belongs to
you I know you will take good care of both of them thus sethu spent his days
very happily.