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 The king who saw the entire episode from the window was so delighted that he, freed from his melancholy, had his previous health being restored. He could not tolerate that the cook should continue to worry. He told him about the sagacity of the monkey and the misadventure with the kite from the beginning and had him quickly prepare another dish.

So, after he spent several days of sweet life amid bird songs and monkey play in the continuous presence of the peasant, he had fully regained his previous strength and thought of returning to the city. And he called the peasant before him and asked him what method had brought him the secret of health. The farmer answered that it was something that he had known for a long time. The King did not believe it since the man seemed to be ignorant and of low status. He forced him to reveal the truth and he was told that he had learned the secret from a young girl who was looking for a master in his village and who happened to come to his house.

The King who had received such a great benefit then immediately obliged the peasant that the next day without fail he should bring her into his presence in the city where he was about to return and that afterwards they would both be sent back to their village, content and happy.