Once upon a time, a merchant named Sam owed a
huge sum of money to Tom, a money lender. The time came when the merchant ran
out of the last chance given to him to give the money back.
Sam had a beautiful daughter who was very affectionate with her
father. Tom asked the merchant to give all the money back failing which he will
marry his beautiful daughter.
Tom was not at
all good looking and ill minded and so the merchant was in dilemma. Tom
proposed a new condition. There was a mix of black and white pebbles on the
ground where they were standing. He will take two pebbles on both hands, one
will be white and the other will be black.
If the daughter
correctly chooses the white pebble, then Tom will write off all the debt and
leave the marriage proposal too. But if she chooses the black pebble, he will
write off the debt but will marry the daughter.
Tom bent down to
pick the pebbles from the ground and the daughter noticed that he took black
pebbles on both hands. The girl had three choices- to notify the same to her
father which may provoke Tom, take the black pebble and sacrifice her life or
simply refuse to take the pebble which might land her father into trouble. But
what she did totally surprise Tom.
She took the
pebble from his hand and ‘accidentally’ the pebble fell off from her hand to
ground. She then asked Tom to see which color pebble was left in his hand to
identify the color she picked. Tom had no other choice but to show the black
color pebble in his hand and set both of them free.
Moral: Sometimes, life
offers you situations which not only demands hard work and perseverance but
some creative thinking which saves the situation.
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