Gopal and the Hilsa-fish Summary
The story “Gopal & the Hilsa fish is a story from the comic book describing the clever & wise mind of Gopal.
It is the season of Hilsa fish & people everywhere are busy discussing about it. The fisherman could think of nothing but Hilsa fish. The fish mongers would only update people about the price of Hilsa fish. The people of every house hold only discussed about the fish.
Even in the king’s kingdom the courtiers kept discussing about the size of the fish to which suddenly the king got offended & asked them to stop. The king realised his mistake & admitted that be is tired only hearing about the Hilsa fish & even Gopal could not stop the people. Gopal heard the king & both agreed on a challenge that Gopal would buy a big Hilsa fish & bring it to the palace without anyone questioning him a word.
Few days later Gopal’s wife saw him dressing disgracefully in rags, half showed & smearing his face with ash. Gopal’s wife was shocked & surprised to see Gopal’s attitude & on questioning he said he was preparing himself buy a big Hilsa fish. He finally went to the market & bought a big fish & walked towards the palace. The people were all murmuring amongest themselves but no one questioned Gopal. He finally reached the king’s palace. The soldiers did not allow him to meet the king. He then started to dance & sing loudly seeking the king’s attention.
The king asked his soldiers to bring in the man unknowingly that he was Gopal. The king heard the chaos & let the man in. The courtiers recognised him as Gopal.
The courtiers in the entire palace were making fun of him. The king then questioned him the reason for his ridiculed fashion. Gopal reminded him of the challenge. Gopal then continued that no-one asked him about the Hilsa fish when he came out of the market till the palace. Only then the king remembered about his challenge. He finally congratulated him of doing the impossible once again.