One day, the king sneaked out of the palace with his servant. Along their journey, they saw a magnificent house. The king asked, “Whose house is this? It is quite magnificent!” His servant replied, “This is the home of the richest man in the country. He throws lavish balls frequently, and many rich people love to attend them. His events are quite lively!” Upon hearing this, the king thought to himself, “I wonder how he treats the poor?”

The next day, the king came to the rich man's house disguised as a beggar. He bumped into the rich man at his doorstep. The beggar said, “Could you spare me some food, Sir?” The rich man shouted, “I hate beggars! Go away, lest you soil my clothes!” The beggar continued, “I haven't eaten in two days. Please, Sir, show some mercy and spare me something to eat.” The rich man ignored him and bid his servant to chase the beggar away.

On the third day, the King disguised himself as a noble knight and arrived at the rich man's door. The rich man ran out to shake the knight's hand. He even asked his servant to ready a feast, and invited the knight to stay for supper. When the food came, the knight smeared the food all over his clothes. The rich man asked curiously, “Why would you do that?” The knight replied, “You seem to have invited my clothes to supper, and not me.” He then removed his knightly clothing, revealing the beggar's outfit underneath. The king said, “I was turned away at your doorstep because I was wearing shabby clothing yesterday. But you invited me for supper today, because I was wearing fine clothes!” The rich man heard what the king said, and he was at a loss for words. The king continued to speak, “Snobbish man! Who do you think I am? A knight? Or a beggar? I am none of those, for I am the King!” The rich man fell to his knees and begged for mercy, “Forgive me, your Majesty! I was wrong! I promise to change my ways!” The king smiled, and left the rich man's house.

有一天，國王帶著他的僕人溜出皇宮去玩。兩人走著走著，看到路旁一幢氣派又漂亮的房子，國王就問：「這是誰的房子？這麼漂亮！」僕人回答：「這是全國第一大富翁的房子，這裡常常辦舞會，許多有錢人都會來參加，很熱鬧呢！」國王聽完，心想：「不知道他對窮人是什麼樣子？」

隔天，國王就扮成乞丐來到富翁家，剛好遇到要回家的富翁，乞丐說：「老爺，給我飯吃好不好？」富翁大罵：「我最討厭乞丐了，快滾，別弄髒我的衣服。」乞丐哀求：「我兩天沒吃東西，老爺您行行好，給我一點東西吃。」富翁就叫僕人把乞丐趕走。

第三天，國王扮成高貴的爵士去拜訪富翁，富翁趕緊上前握手，並叫僕人準備大餐，請他留下來吃飯。吃飯時，爵士突然把一盤盤的菜往身上的衣服倒，富翁覺得很奇怪就問：「您為什麼這麼做？」爵士說：「你是請我漂亮的衣服吃飯，不是請我這個人吃飯。」接著就把漂亮衣服脫下，露出昨天破爛的衣服，接著說：「我昨天穿破爛衣服，你就趕我走，今天穿好衣服，你就請我吃大餐！」富翁聽完，半句話都說不出來。接著爵士又說：「你以為我是誰？是爵士？還是乞丐？都錯了，我是國王，你這個勢利鬼！」富翁趕緊跪下，求饒：「我真該死，國王請饒恕我吧！我再也不敢了！」國王笑笑，離開富翁家。