An interesting incident of Mehmood and Ayaz

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Once the Sultan Mehmood Ghaznavi and Ayaz were sitting together eating lunch. The Sultan cut a slice of cucumber and gave it to Ayaz, who ate it with relish. A little later he gave another slice of cucumber to Ayaz and took one himself. But when Mahmud bit into the cucumber, he immediately spat it out as it tasted terrible, chalky and bitter. He glared at Ayaz and accused him of tricking him into eating the foul vegetable by pretending it was delicious.

Ayaz answered, ‘No, my sultan. It was delicious to me. I have received so many wonderful things from your hand, that whatever comes from you is sweet to me’.