A Clever Shepherd

Abbot : There are very difficult question, Your Majesty. I am unable to answer them immediately. I need some time to think.
King : All right. You are granted three weeks time.
Abbot : Thank you, Your Majesty.
King : If you fail to answer the questions after three weeks, you shall die. We shall meet after three weeks.

Abbot : Change your clothes? You don't need my permission for that !
Shepherd : But, in this case I do need your permission, because I must change my clothes with yours. Lend me your Abbot's robe for a few days, and send me to the king. You know how closely I resemble you.

King : What about my second question : How long would it take for me to go round the earth?
Shepherd : Twenty-four hours, Your Majesty.
King : Twenty-four hours !  How can I believe that?
Abbot : If Your Majesty rises with the sun and moves along with the sun as fast as it travels across the sky, I am sure, you can go round the earth in Twenty-four hours.

King : I see you can't. Anyway, I admire your wit as well as your loyalty. Ask me anything you wish.
Shepherd : Your Majesty, I beg you to forgive my master, the Abbot.
King : All right. I grant your wish. Tell the Abbot, he's pardoned and free to live in peace in the kingdom.

Abbot : No, Your Majesty. I don't. I'm a humble servant of God.
King : I don't believe you. You can't be so rich. And besides, you shouldn't be so rich. You're a priest. A priest should be learned and wise, not rich. Are you a learned and wise man?

Shepherd : Pardon me, Your Majesty, it's only simple arithmetic.
King : What do you mean by that? Explain !
Shepherd : It's quite simple, Your Majesty. A crown is five shillings and a sovereign is a pound which is twenty shillings. As it carries your image on it, a sovereign with a crown is twenty-five shillings.