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Gol
dCoi
nsandaSel
fi
shMan

Par
t-
1

Sam wasagr eedyandselfi

shman.Heal waysdesiredt
ohavel
ots
andlotsofmoneyandnev erhesit
atedtocheatotherst
omakemoney.
Also,henev
erwi shedtoshareanyt
hingwit
hot her
s.Hepai
dver
ylow
wagest ohi
sserv ant
s.

Howev
er,
oneday
,hel
ear
nedal
essont
hatchangedhi
sli
fef
orev
er.
I
tsohappenedthatoneday,asmall
bagthatbel
ongedtoSam was
missi
ng.Thebaghad50goldcoinsi
nit
.Sam searchedhi
ghandlow
f
orthebag,butcoul
dnotfi
ndit.
Sam’sf
ri
endsandnei
ghbour
sal
soj
oinedi
nthesear
ch,
butal
lthei
r
ef
for
tswer
einvai
n.
Afteracoupleofdays,t
heteny earolddaught
erofamanwor ki
ngf or
Sam foundthebag.Shet ol
dherf at
herabouti
t.Herfat
herident
if
ied
thebagast heonethatwasmi ssing,andi
mmedi at
elydeci
dedtot ake
i
ttohismast er
.

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t-
2
Hegav ethebagbacktohismast erSam,andaskedhimt ocheck
whetherthebaghad50gol dcoins.Sam wasexul
tanttogetthecoins
back,buthedeci
dedtoplayat r
ick.Heshoutedathisworker
,“ther
e
were75gol dcoi
nsint
hisbagbuty ougavemeonly50!Wherear ethe
othercoi
ns?Youhavestolenthem! ”

Theworkerwasshockedtohearthi
sandpl
eadedhisi
nnocence.
Sel
fi
shandgr eedy
,Sam di
dnotacceptt
heworker
’sst
ory
,anddecided
tot
aketheissuetocour
t.
Thejudgehear
dboththesi
des.Hequesti
onedthedaughterandt
he
workeraboutt
henumberofcoi
nstheyhadfoundinthebag,andt
hey
assuredi
twasonly50.
Par
t-
3
Hecr oss-examinedSam andSam r
epl
i
ed,“Yesmylor
d,Ihad75gol
d
coinsinmybag, andt
heygavemeonly50.Hence,
iti
squit
eobvi
ousthat
theyhav estol
en25coins!”
Thej
udget
henasked,
“Ar
eyousur
ethaty
ourbaghad75coi
ns?
”
Sam noddedv
igor
ousl
y.

Thej
udget
henmadehi
sjudgment
.
“SinceSam lostabagof75gol dcoi nsandt hebagf oundbyt hegirl
hadonl y50coi ns,iti
sobv i
ousthatthebagt hatwasf ounddoesnot
belongtoSam.I twasl ostbysomeoneel se.Ifanyonef indsabagof
75gol dcoins,Iwi l
ldeclar
ethatitbelongst oSam.Ast herear
eno
compl ai
ntsaboutt helossof50coi ns, Iorderthegirlandhi sf
atherto
takethose50coi nsasat okenofappr eciati
onf ortheirhonesty!
”

Honest
ywi
l
lal
way
sber
ewar
dedandgr
eedpuni
shed!

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