A Pair of Mustachios
The deed and the pauper
Explain how Ramanand wins in the end and what the Khan keeps.
The Khan comes back with a necklace that has been in his family for seven generations. He will sell it at any price, as long as the other tip of the moustache goes down.
The moneylender lowers that tip, but sly as ever, he lets the first tip rise up again.
The Khan is beside himself. He swears he would rather lose everything he owns than see a shopkeeper with a tiger moustache. Ramanand sees his chance. He offers to keep his moustache flat for good, if the Khan sells him all his goods.
A deed is written by the village petition writer, and signed in front of five village elders. The landlord and the priest promise to back it.
The moneylender keeps both tips down, but whispers to the peasants that his father was a Sultan. The Khan walks away a pauper, owning nothing, but with his tiger moustache held proudly upright.
The Khan keeps his moustache, and loses everything else. His foolish pride has made the moneylender richer still.
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