Once upon a time there lived a King called Vikramaditya.He was the King of Ujjain. King Vikramaditya was extremely benevolent and he always thought about the welfare of his subjects. One day a sage come to meet the King. He told King Vikramaditya to bring the corpse of Vetal which is hanging on the tree in the forest.
Once again King Vikramaditya ran after Vetal and once he reached the termarind tree he saw Vetal hanging in the same way. Once again,he put Vetal on his shoulders and started for the cremation ground . On the way, Vetal started with a new story.
These are the stories of the king Vikramaditya and Vetal . Vikramaditya was the king of Ujjain.King was extremely benevolent and he always thought about the welfare of his kingdom.
R.K.Narayan was one of India's foremost writers . Narayan will always be known for his fiction based in Malgudi, an imaginary town in south India .He was a master story teller who observed life in small town India with amusement . This short story was good example of his craft and world view.