A farmer found a bag of coins that had been lost by another farmer. When he brought the bag to a miser to claim the reward, the miser falsely accused the first farmer of taking 10 coins. They went to the village headman to settle the dispute. The headman counted the coins and found the full amount, proving the first farmer's honesty. The headman awarded the bag of coins to the honest farmer as a reward. The miser left empty-handed after lying about the number of coins.
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The miser and the farmer
1. THE MISER AND THE FARMER
THIS story is all about miser and the farmer . once a farmer lost his bag
full of coin and he is very upset then he decide to go to the headman of
the village and tells his story . Headman decides to issue a notice about
the incident among the people and give reward who found that bag.
A poor farmer found that bag and went to the miser and give it to him
after that he demand for his reward. Miser counted the gold coin and
said ten coins are already taken by farmer but he stunned after hearing
those words. Because he dont even know about the stolen coins from the
bag.
Then both are decided to go to the headman to solve the situation.
Headman asked the miser how many coins in your bag hundred and ten
sir he replied. He emptied it in his hand and cont in front of the court
there were exactly hundred coins . Then he asked the farmer how many
gold coins u takes from it.
He says iam not taken even a single coin from it. After that headman
decide that this bag is not yours acorrting to u so we can search again of
your lost bag.
The headman give that gold coin bag to farmer and said its reward for
your honesty he was pleased with the judgement of headman. And poor
miser returned empty handed.