The
Purse of Gold
A beggar found a leather purse that
someone had dropped in a market place. Opening it, he discovered that it
contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shouted, "A reward!
A reaward to the one who find my leather purse!"
"Reward?" scoffed the
merchant greedily counting the amount of gold. "The purse I dropped had
200 pieces of gold in it. You've already stolen more than the reward I'll give
to you.! Go away or I'll tell you to the police."
"I'm an honest man," said
the beggar defiantly. "Let's take this matter to the court!" In the
court, the judge patiently listened to both sides of the story and said,
"I believe you both. Justice is possible! Merchant, you stated that the
purse you lost contained 200 pieces of gold. Well, that's a considerable cost.
But the purse the beggar found had only 100 pieces of gold. Therefore, it
couldn't be the one you lost."
And, with that, the judge gave the
purse and all the golds to the beggar.
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