The exposition of the story began by the king who set three question and he wants to know the answer by announced to everyone to answer his question and he will give a reward.
The rising action began he got many men to try to give him the right answer, but their answer is not right answer for his question and it continued when the king decided to go meet the hermit at the hermit's hub
The Climax began when beard man run straight to the king and the hermit and he got a wounded then, the king gets help quickly
The falling action began when the king took care of the bearded man and he falls asleep because exhausted from digging beds all days
After that in the next morning, the king knows the truth of beard man that he came to revenge the king but in the ending, the king and beard man- made peace together.
The resolution is the hermit answered his question by made the king face the situation by himself.