Once upon a time in the middle of the summer toward evening when the air was clear, the sky bright, and the dimmed sun setting, a great king was sitting in his palace roof garden.

He took enormous pleasure from the sight before his eyes as he overlooked the ancient

city. As he looked at people walking back and forth, he noticed a simple man, not from the

royal family, all dressed from head to toe with golden clothes.

He sent his messengers to summon the men.

When the man came and stood in front of him, the king asked,

Where did you get all this gold are you a highway robber and a murderer

the man replied no I would never do such a thing I am working with both my hands and I

earned my livelihood with manual labor.

He continued, I am an excellent Silversmith.

It is well known that our great city is considered to be the wealthiest city in the world and people come to trade here from the

four corners of the earth. Every day kings, ministers, and wealthy merchants come to our great

city. One has a broken ring, another a broken watch, and all of them come to me to repair these items,

and I return them as new."

The King put his arm around the man's shoulders and said to him, with a light smile on his lips, if you are such a wonderful craftsman, let me test

your great craftsmanship and wonderful wisdom and see what you can do.

I command you a royal command, to make for me such a wonderful ring that will be able to affect the man spiritually

Changing his mood of the moment if the man is happy he will become sad when he looks at the ring and if he is sad and worried the ring will change his mood and he will become happy

If you can show me this then I will reward you as befits your skill and wisdom

If you cannot fulfill my command, I'll cut off your head.

The Silversmith asked the king to give him three days time. In his craftsmanship he had done many strange and different rings, but he did not even know how and where to start for such a work. He grieved greatly, for he feared death.

After three days he went to the wise king, bringing with him several rings to show the king.

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