Sam’s Gold Coins

Sam was a very greedy and selfish man. In his greed to make more and more money, he did not hesitate to cheat others. He paid very low wages to his servants. Also, he never shared anything with others.

One day, Sam misplaced a small bag of money somewhere. It contained fifty gold coins. Sam searched high and low for the bag but could not find it. Sam’s friends and neighbours also joined in the search, but the bag could not be found.

After some days, the young daughter of a man working for Sam found the bag. She told her father about it. Her father identified the bag as the one that was missing and immediately took it to his master. He gave the bag to Sam and asked him to check if the contents were okay.

Sam was happy to get the coins back, but he decided to play a trick. He shouted at his worker, “There were seventy-five gold coins in this bag but you gave me only fifty. Where are the other coins? You must have stolen them.”

The worker was shocked to hear this. He pleaded his innocence but Sam did not accept the worker’s story. They decided to take the issue to the court.

The judge heard both the sides. He questioned the daughter and the worker about the number of coins they had found in the bag and they assured it was only fifty.

He questioned Sam too. Sam insisted, “My Lord, I had seventy-five gold coins in my bag and they have returned only fifty. It is quite obvious that they have stolen my twenty-five coins.”

The judge then asked, “Are you sure that your bag had seventy-five coins?” Sam nodded his head vigorously.

The judge then made his judgement.

“Since Sam lost a bag of seventy-five gold coins and the bag found by the girl had only fifty coins, it is obvious that the bag that was found does not belong to Sam. Someone else must have lost it. If anyone finds a bag of seventy-five gold coins, I will declare that it belongs to Sam. And as there are no complaints about the loss of fifty coins, I order the girl and his father to take these coins as a reward for their honesty.” The worker went home happy.

Sam learnt his lesson the hard way.

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