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An old man, on his deathbed, wanted to teach his son wisdom and how to do good deeds purely for the sake of God Almighty.
He asked his son never to do good deeds to anyone else.
After the man's death, while his son was on a hunting trip, riding his horse with his weapon at his side, he saw an injured eagle unable to fly. The man took pity on the eagle and carried it home for treatment. He insisted on releasing it after treatment.
The next day, during another hunting trip in the forest, he saw an unconscious man chained to a tree trunk. Taking pity on him, he wiped his face with water and untied him. As soon as he regained consciousness, the man carried him home, prepared a special place for him, cared for him greatly, and provided him with everything he needed, including medicine, clothing, food, drink, and rest. On the third day, he also went hunting and saw a sick snake. He took pity on it and carried it home for treatment. After the eagle recovered, it refused to leave the house. One day, the eagle entered and landed next to the man's wife, holding a beautiful necklace of pearls, diamonds, and rubies in its beak. The woman was overjoyed by the necklace, having long suffered from the bitterness of poverty and hardship. The sick man, who had been unconscious in the forest, watched and observed what happened with great interest. After the man recovered, he left the place in peace and safety. On the way, the man heard a voice saying, "The king's wife has lost a necklace. Whoever tells us where it is will receive one hundred gold pounds." The man heard the call and thought, "One hundred gold pounds!! I am a poor man who owns nothing of the world's riches!" He went to the king's palace and told him that the necklace his wife was looking for was in the house of a fisherman (the fisherman who had cared for him, done him a favor, sheltered him, treated him, and honored him). The king's policemen went to the good hunter's house and arrested him. They accused him of theft and returned the necklace to the king's wife. They then sentenced him to beheading.
The snake, which the good hunter had treated in his house, learned the whole story and wanted to offer its master a service he would never forget in return for his service and kindness when he was sick in the forest. The snake went to the king's palace, reached the king's daughter's room, and coiled around her. When the king's wife saw this terrifying scene, she feared for her daughter and began screaming. She hurried to inform the king and the palace officials, but no one was able to approach, fearing for the king's daughter's life.
Everyone was perplexed, each thinking and searching for a way out of this calamity that had befallen the kingdom.
The minister said to the king, "Don't we have a man in prison accused of theft and sentenced to beheading?" The king said, "No." The minister said, "We will bring him here. Either he dies from the snake bite or he saves the king's daughter from the snake, because in either case, he is condemned to death." The soldiers brought the hunter and he stood before the king. The king asked him to enter the room to save his daughter from the snake. The kind hunter said, "See, O king of the age, if I do that, how will you reward me and what will be my punishment?" The king said, "I will pardon you and give you the necklace as a gift." The man entered the king's daughter's room, and when the snake saw him, it calmly approached him and climbed onto his shoulders. The man carried the snake and walked home with the necklace in his pocket, safe and secure. He said, "The snake has kept the favor, and the eagle has kept the favor, but man has not." The moral: Do good for God and do not expect the same from the one you do good to, and do not expect others to reward you.
