The story revolves around a king and his minister, who seeks to trick the king for fun. When the king innocently asks if pearls can be produced, the minister claims it can be done for a hefty price. The king, believing the minister's lie, pays him and the minister plants barley, saying the pearls will grow from it. When the barley sprouts, the minister claims that only someone who has never sighed can harvest the pearls, leading the king to search for such a person, only to find that no one exists. The queen ultimately reveals the minister's trickery, causing the king to feel embarrassed and return home, highlighting themes of deception and pride.

एक दिन राजा वजीर के साथ बइठल हलन कि वजीर के हवा छूट गेल। राजा मुसका देलन। वजीर सोचलन कि राजा के छकावे के चाहीं, से संजोग से राजा एक दिन वजीर से कहलन कि मोती पैदा हो सकऽ हे? वजीर कहलन कि काहे नऽ? बाकि एकरा में दस हजार रुपया खर्च होतो! राजा तुरते वजीर के दस हजार रुपया दे देलन। घरे आन के ऊ टाँड़ जमीन के कोड़वा देलन आउ जौ बून देलन। जौ जब बढ़ के लहलहायल तो ओकरा पर सीत पड़े लगल।

वजीर राजा के पास जा के कहलन कि “हजूर, अब मोती पक के तइयार हे, से अब काटे के चाहीं ! राजा खूब अप्पन लाव-लशकर के साथ तड़के मोती काटे चललन। जौ पर गोले-गोले पड़ल मोती के देख के राजा कहलन कि मोती कइसे कटत? वजीर कहलन कि ओही अदमी मोती काट सकऽ हे, जेकरा कहनो हवा न छूटल हे। राजा सबके पूछला सुरू कैलन कि केकरा कभियो हवा नऽ छूटल हे? बाकि कोई एको अइसन अदमी नऽ मिलल। जेकरा हवा नऽ छूटल होय, से राजा रानी के पास अदमी भेजलन कि जा के पूछऽ कि रानी के हवा छूटल हे कि न? अदमी रानी से पूछे गेल। रानी कहलन कि राजा पूरा बुरबक हथ। ऊ कहिनो वजीर से बहस कयलन हे, से वजीर उनका छकावइत हइन। ऊ अदमी राजा के पास आन के सब बात कहलक। राजा सुन के चुपचाप लजायल घरे चल अयलन।

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One day, the king was sitting with the minister when the minister let out a sigh. The king smiled. The minister thought that he should trick the king, so by chance, one day the king asked the minister if pearls could be produced. The minister replied that of course they could, but it would cost ten thousand rupees! The king immediately gave the minister ten thousand rupees. Taking it home, he tilled a patch of land and sowed barley. When the barley grew and began to thrive, it started to sprout pearls.

The minister went to the king and said, “Your Majesty, the pearls are now ready to be harvested, so they should be gathered!” The king, with all his pomp and grandeur, went to harvest the pearls early in the morning. Seeing the pearls on the barley, the king asked how pearls were to be harvested. The minister replied that only a person who had never let out a sigh could harvest pearls. The king began to inquire who had never sighed. However, no such person could be found. The king then sent a man to the queen to ask whether she had ever sighed. The man went and asked the queen. The queen replied that the king was completely foolish. She said that he had quarreled with the minister, and the minister was tricking him. The man returned to the king and relayed everything that the queen had said. Upon hearing this, the king silently felt embarrassed and returned home.