Once upon a time there lived a king who was never content and happy. Once out of desparation he calls upon all the scholars of his kingdom to put an end to this strange disorder. Days passed by but no one could come across a proper solution. Finally a grand old sage suggested to the king, "You shall live happily if you can find the happiest person in the kingdom and get his shoe for me".
The king immediately went into the pursuit with a new found vigour. He asked a few of his subjects whether they were happy but he always got a negative answer. Days flew by but the king could not find any such person in his entire kingdom who said he was happy and content. Out of despair he saw a beggar lying on the pavement. He approached him with apprhension and asked him whether he was happy. The beggar replied he was very happy with his life. Elated the king asked for his shoe.
Shoe! he said and burst out into peals of laughter.
"Sir if i had a shoe on my feet it would have worried me that someone might steal it. You see i am happy because i have nothing to worry about"
Moral of the story: Go barefeet if you wish for happiness.
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