CBSE Class 9 Answered
Old man: Your majesty! Help me for I have been robbed! Someone took away all my savings.
King: Who dares to rob my subjects under my watchful eye! I will catch him and send him to the gallows.
Old man: Your majesty, I know who the robber is.
King: Speak up, my good man.
Old man: It is you, dear majesty.
King: How dare you blaspheme against me!
The old man implored the king for help by saying he has been robbed and that someone took away all his savings. The king thundered by questioning who dared to rob his subjects under his watchful eye. He further said that he would catch him and send him to the gallows. The old man interjected by saying that he knew who the robber was. The king asked him to speak up. Surprisingly, the old man implicated the king. The king who didn’t take kindly to the old man’s statements accused him of blaspheming against him.