One day in a morning, while he went to see a king, he found a dead mouse on the road. He calculated and said to himself “Who sell this mouse would have a better life.”

A servant heard that, so he took the mouse and sold it to a cat breeder for a little money. Then, he used that money to buy sugar cane juice and served it to royal flower pickers on the street while they went home.

In the next morning, they gave him some flowers in return. He took those flowers and sold it to a florist. The servant bought sugar cane juice and carried it to the royal garden and served it to royal flower pickers again. He did this again and again.

One day there was a monsoon. After it was over, he saw that there are many branches are broken and dropped in the royal garden. He begged a garden keeper for the broken branches. Then, he bought sugar cane juice and served it to cowboys. He ask cowboys to move the broken branches away from the royal garden. After that, he offers the branches to a royal craftsman and make a lot of money.

He bought a big earthen jar and set it near the town gate. He served water and sugar cane to grass sellers.

The grass seller said “Thank you very much, how can I repay you ?”

The servant said “Don’t mention it. I will tell you when I need your help.”

Because of this, the servant could make friends with many grass sellers and merchants.

One day, a merchant told him that a horse seller would bring 500 horses to the town on the next day. Therefore, he asked each grass seller to give him a bunch of grass and not sell grass to other until he sold out.

In the next morning, when the horse seller arrived, he could not find any grass except from the servant. So, the grass servant could make a big profit on selling grass to the horse seller.

One day, another merchant told him that 500 barks would be arrived on the next day. He rent a wagon, hired many followers, go to the port and paid a deposit on all goods and all barks. Many merchants at the port was impressed by the appearance of the servant; so they asked him for being a partnership and each one gave him a hundred coins. He accepted and sell goods and did it over again and again.

Finally, he can made two hundred thousand coins, he feel that he should pay something back to the millionaire. So, he offer up a hundred thousands coins to the millionaire. The millionaire asked how the servant make a lot of money; so, the servant told all the story.

The millionaire realized that the servant is grateful and smart. Therefore, he offered his daughter to be his wife. After the millionaire passed away, the servant became a millionaire.

The servant finally reincarnated as a Buddhist saint. The millionaire finally reincarnated as the Buddha.

Moral: Smart persons usually establish themselves from little of money. Grateful persons finally succeed.