Passage 25

In English

In the olden days there were long and big mirrors in all the rooms in which the king and queen were moving. The king was sitting and the queen was applying oil. The queen found that there were some grey hairs on the head of her husband. When the wife found that there were four or five grey hairs on the head of the king, she thought that the king was becoming older day-by-day. The appearance of grey hair is treated as the first indication for the onset of old age and a steady march in the life’s journey. The eyes developing long sight is the second step and losing one’s teeth is the third step and the last step is to develop wrinkles on one’s face. The queen thought that the first step was already visible. She was very much worried and was shedding tears.