A
beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in a market. Opening it, he
discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant
shouted, "A reward! A reward to the one who find my leather purse!"
Being an honest man, the beggar came forward
and handed the purse to the merchant saying, "Here is your purse. Will you
keep your word to give a reward now?"
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.”(text for grade 8)
