Value of dress or, Sheikh Saadi and his New Dress

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Value of dress
 or, Sheikh Saadi and his New Dress
You have heard the name of Sheikh Saadi who was a great poet of Iran. Once he was invited to the court of the Sultan. He started for the court of the king. On the way it became dark night and he took shelter in a rich man’s house. As he was in simple dress the noble man and his servants could not recognize him. They thought that he was an ordinary man and they did not take any care of Sheikh Saadi. They gave him very simple food and drink. The poet somehow passed the night and reached the king’s court. The king received him with respect and gave a fine dress. On his way back home. He again took shelter in the house of the same rich man. This time the noble man received him with much honour and ordered a rich dinner for him; but the poet did not eat the foods rather he began to put them into his pockets. The noble man and his servants were surprised at this and they wanted to know the reason of such behaviour. The poet said, “I’m doing the right thing because everything is done for my fine dress. Hearing this, the nobleman understood his mistake and said to Saadi, “Please pardon me.”

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