One day
while taking rounds of his city, Halimtai rode very fast and his horseman were
left behind.
He entered
the forest and saw a man sitting under a tree. The man looked like a beggar. He
had torn clothes and thorns on his feet. He had torn clothes and thorns on his
feet. He looked very sad.
Hatim felt
for the young man. He went closer and noticed that although his clothes were
torn, he seemed to belong to a good family.
Hatim
asked, "Who are you, brother? Why are you in such a bad state?"
The man
said, "I am Muneer shah. I am sad because life seems useless to me and the
hope of happiness in life is lost to me."
Hatim said,
"Be brave! Come with me to my palace, and tell me your story."
Muneer
asked, "who are you?'
He said,
"I am Hatimtai, the king of Yemen. But tell me what this that you are
holding?"
"This
is the portrait of Husn Bano, the women I Love, "said Muneer.
Hatim again asked Muneer to come to this
palace. Muneer agreed and went with him.
In Hatim's
palace, muneer was well looked after. When he had taken bath and had put on
fire clothes, he was providing with a good dinner.
When Hatim
asked him to narrate his story, Muneer shah said, "I am the Prince of
sham. I heard of husn Bano, a beautiful young woman, and I wanted to see her. I
knew that I would not be allowed to go to her palace, so I called an artist. I
gave him money and told him to paint portrait money and told him to paint a
portrait of husn Bano so that I
could see how she looked like."
could see how she looked like."
"The
artist agreed to go to Husn Bano's city and paint her portrait."
"I
arranged for him to each her city safety. He went there and stayed in a guest
House."
"There
he came to know that Husn Bano did not meet strangers. He realized that it
would not be possible to make her painting."
"He
then sent a message to her that he had something to say that only she should
hear. His trick worked, and she agreed to meet him."
"When
he went to meet her, she came and sat behind a curtain. My generous and
kind-hearted Huns' Bano told the artist to ask for anything that he needed and
promised that she would provide it for him.'
"Imagine
Hatim, how bounteous and amiable my Husn Bano is!" said Muneer as he
looked admiringly at the portrait of Husn Bano.
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