HALF THE PROFIT
Added on: 28th Jan 2016
A RICH MAN WANTED TO GIVE A FEAST
FOR HIS FRIENDS.
HE HAD ALL KINDS OF DISHES PREPARED
BUT HE COULD NOT GET ANY FISH.
HE OFFERED A REWARD TO
THE MAN WHO WOULD BRING HIM A FISH.
AFTER SOME TIME A FISHERMAN
BROUGHT A BIG FISH FOR HIM.
BUT THE GATE KEEPER WOULD NOT LET
HIM IN TILL HE HAD PROMISED TO
GIVE HIM HALF THE REWARD.
THE FISHERMAN AGREED.
THE RICH MAN WAS HIGHLY PLEASED
AND WANTED TO GIVE HIM A LOT OF MONEY,
BUT THE FISHERMAN REFUSED TO TAKE IT.
INSTEAD, HE DEMANDED A
HUNDRED LASHES ON HIS BACK.
EVERYONE WAS SURPRISED.
AT LAST THE RICH MAN ORDERED
A SERVANT TO GIVE HIM A HUNDRED LASHES.
WHEN THE FISHERMAN HAD RECEIVED FIFTY,
HE ASKED THEM TO STOP AS HE
HAD A PARTNER IN THE BUSINESS.
IT WAS THE GATE KEEPER.
THE RICH MAN UNDERSTOOD THE WHOLE THING.
HE WAS GIVEN THE REMAINING FIFTY LASHES
DISMISSED FROM THE SERVICE.
THE RICH MAN GAVE THE FISHERMAN
A HANDSOME REWARD.
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