The king’s Kinka story
The kinka is a
small lizard with a red ring around its neck. This story is about a kinka that
lived in the king’s garden.
One day the
king took a walk through his garden. He looked at the birds and the flowers. He
looked at the trees. Suddenly he noticed a kinkas do when they are frightened.
“Look at
this,” said the king. “this lizard is very clever. He knows how to behave
before the king. He is certainly the most polite animal I have ever seen.”
The king
called his gardener. “I want you to feed this kinka. Give him some meat each
day. Here is a bag of gold coins to pay for the meat.”
And so, each
day the gardener used two gold coins to buy meat for the kinka. The kinka grew
fat and lazy. He no longer ran through the garden.
One day the
gardener was too busy to buy meat. Instead, he hung the two gold coins around
the kinka’s neck. The kinka climbed to the top of the garden gate. Soon the
king came along on his daily walk. He saw the kinka. This time the kinka did
not nod its head because the coins around its neck were so heavy. It simply
looked down on the king.
“What a proud
kinka you are,” said the king. “You are too proud to be polite.”
After that the king refused
to buy any special meat for the kinka. Like other animals, the kinka once again
had to find its own food.
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