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Tuesday, 22 February 2011

The Rich Merchant

Once upon a time there was a rich merchant. he had many servants who worked at his shop. The merchant used to sell groceries, sugar, grains and flour.
One day he was taking tow heavy bags of beans to the town. He wanted to sell them there.
He took tow servants in front of them. One of the servants was a weak old man. The other servants was a strong young man. 
The young man was lazy. He did not like to work. 
The merchant gave the weak old man a bag of beans to carry on his back. And he gave the young man the other. 
But the young man was lazy, he did not like to carry the bag on his back.
On the way to the town, the young man called the old man. The old man was walking in front of him. The old man stood and asked, "what do you want?"
The strong young man servant said, "I'm so tired. I can't carry this heavy bag of beans on my back. why don't you carry it for me?"
The old man servants said, "But I'm weak and thin. Tow bags are too heavy for me to carry."
the yang servant said, "that is none of my business. take it hurry!"
The old servant put the tow bags of beans on his back. They were very heavy. he was walking slowly under the heavy loads. 
the merchant was riding a horse. He was in front of the servants. He did not see them. 
The old servant was very weak. He was very thin too. He could not carry the tow bags of beans. He fell down and broke his leg.
The young man servant shouted angrily, "Get Up! Hurry! Lazy old man!" 
But the old man was crying in Pain, "I cannot stand up. My leg is broken."
"Take one of the bags and carry it"
The merchant felt that the servants were late. 
He turned back and went toward them. He found the weak old man lying on the ground. He asked him: 
"What is wrong with you? Why are the bags on the ground?"
The old man said, "I;m so tired. I can't carry the tow bags on my back. This young man gave me his bag. I carried the tow bags, but i couldn't walk. The bags fell of my back. I fell down, and my leg is hurting. I can't walk any more." 
The merchant looked at the young servant and said, "you are a lazy young man. You are an arrogant worker. You must do your work yourself. You gave your bag to this weak old man to carry. 
Now, you must carry the tow bags. I should take this poor man to the doctor."
The young man carried the tow bags of beans, and the weak old man was put on horse back and taken to the doctor. The young servant said to himself, "I said that i would not carry a bag of beans. Now the old man's leg is broken, and i have to carry tow bags instead of one. I was really very selfish, and I'm sure God has punished me for my arrogant behavior.

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