This is the story of the beauty and the beast. However, the beast in this story is not the one who is kind and loving by heart. Here the beast is a good looking one, but evil by heart. And you are the only one to rescue the beauty. So the story goes like this:
Once, there was a mean moneylender (you got it, he is the beast), who had lent money to a trader (the father of beauty; you got it right again). Because of the setbacks one after the other, the trader was unable to pay (it had to happen, else there would not have been a story).
The trader had a pretty young daughter (well, you are right the third time. She is the beauty) and the devious moneylender had his eyes on her. To show his devious helpfulness, he suggested that if the trader would agree to his marrying the young girl, he would write off the dept or else hell would break loose.
Both the trader and the daughter were in a fix. The moneylender pretended to be generous by proposing that let fate decide. He proposed that he would put a black and a white pebble into an empty bag and the girl would pick one pebble. And if she picked the black pebble, she would have to marry him and the father’s dept would be forgiven. But if she picks the white pebble, she would not have to marry him and the dept would still be forgiven.
The daughter was not just pretty but also very intelligent (else, this story would have not been there). She didn’t want her father to go to jail, so she agreed to the proposition. The day came when the whole village gathered to see the fate of the trader and his daughter. They were standing on the bank of the river full of pebbles.
The moneylender stooped down to pick up the two pebbles. Making sure nobody was noticing, he picked two black pebbles to make sure he married the girl. The girl saw this but kept quiet.
The girl was then asked to pick one pebble, upon which her and her father’s fate rested. Supposing you were one of the spectators at this happening:
1. What would you have done?
2. What would you advise the girl to do?
3. How would you handle the situation?
4. What are the girl’s choices?
a. She could expose the moneylender by asking him to show both the pebbles.
b. She could refuse and sacrifice her father.
c. She could take a black pebble and sacrifice herself to save her father.
The choices aren’t easy. It was either her or her father’s life and she was not prepared to sacrifice anyone.
To see what the girl did, click comments.
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hERE IS THE ANSWER
She put her hand in the bag and picked one pebble knowing full well that they were both black. She was the only one who had seen what the moneylender had done. As she pulled her hand out of the bag, without looking at the pebble she, on purpose, lost her balance, fell on the ground and dropped the pebble. It got mixed up with others, so nobody could see what colour it was. She got up, apologized for her clumsiness and said, “lets check what colour pebble is in the bag, that will tell us which one I picked.” The pebble in the bag was of course black. It was logically concluded that the one she picked was white.
In front of the whole village, the moneylender did not have the guts to accept his dishonesty. He had to live with his decision and both the father and the daughter went free.
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