The Tale of Lineage Revealed
The Beginning
A stranger entered the town, shouting loudly: "I am a politician… I solve disputes between nations, tribes, and people… I am a politician!"
The king heard him from his palace and ordered his men: "Bring me this caller."
The man entered, greeted the king, and was asked: "Are you a horse keeper?"
The man firmly replied: "No, my lord, I am a politician."
The king smirked and said: "No, you are a horse keeper, and today I appoint you to care for my horse, which I love more than myself."
The man trembled: "My lord, I am not a horse keeper, I am a politician!"
The king struck the ground with his staff and shouted: "I said you are a horse keeper, or I will have you executed!"
The Horse
The man submitted out of fear. He received the horse from the former keeper, who warned him: "Beware! This horse is dearer to the king than his soul. Never mention any flaw, or you will be executed."
He began his duty… Days passed… After twenty days, he fled!
The king had him brought back and asked angrily: "Why did you run? Did you find a flaw in my horse?"
The man pleaded: "Grant me safety first." The king said: "You are safe."
The man then said: "Your horse is not purebred as you were told. It was not nursed by its purebred mother."
The king raged and imprisoned him, then summoned the minister who gifted him the horse. The minister confessed: "Forgive me, my lord… its mother died at birth, and I had only a cow to nurse it."
The king released the man and asked: "How did you know?"
The man replied: "A purebred horse eats from the trough with its head raised, but your horse lowers its head to the ground like cattle."
The king admired his wit and ordered: "Feed him fine chicken!"
The Queen
Then suddenly the king said: "Now… you shall attend to my queen!"
The man trembled: "My lord, spare me." But the king insisted.
After days, the king summoned him: "Tell me… what did you find?"
The man, after receiving safety, said: "She has the manners of royalty, the generosity of royalty… but who told you she is of royal blood? Do not believe it!"
The king went mad, imprisoned him, and cut off his food. Then he went to the queen’s parents. They confessed: "Our daughter died of measles. At that time, your father expelled the gypsies. We found a two-year-old girl near a stake, so we took her and raised her."
The king returned shocked and asked the man: "How did you know?"
The man replied: "She has a wink in her eye. It is the custom of gypsies to wink while speaking."
The king exclaimed: "You are cunning!"
He ordered: "Give him lamb morning, noon, and night. And now… you shall attend to me!"
The King Himself
The man trembled and tried to escape, but was caught again.
He said after receiving safety: "And who told you that you are the son of a king? Search for your origin."
The king went to his mother, pressed her until she confessed: "Your father was cruel and infertile. He slaughtered women if they did not bear children within nine months. I feared for my life. There was a cook in the palace… and you are his son."
The king returned stunned and asked the man: "How did you know?"
The man replied: "Kings grant gold and silver, but you grant broth, rice, and chicken! Whoever accompanies the cook, if pleased he feeds him, if angered he starves him."
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