ugly, he fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter. Proposing a bargain, he said he'd forgo the debt if he could marry
his daughter.
Both farmer and daughter were horrified.
The cunning moneylender suggested that they let providence decide the matter.
He told them that he'd put a black pebble and a white pebble
into an empty bag. Then the girl would pick one pebble from the bag.
1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife
and her fathers' debt would be forgiven.
2) If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him and her fathers' debt would still be forgiven.
3) If she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be
thrown into jail.
They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmers' field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles. What would
you have done if you were the girl?
2006-08-12
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