generous to you?" the beggar answered, "if god were not generous to you, you would not be able to be generous." the king decided to teach this beggar a lesson. he ordered his baker to bake two loaves of bread and to put precious stones in one of them as a gift from the king. he ordered that his loaf with the jewels be given to the beggar that praised him, and the ordinary loaf be given to the other beggar.
when this was done and the two beggars left the palace, the beggar who praised the king observed that his loaf seemed heavy and badly baked. he asked his friend 