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- 1. A Story about two pebbles Over photos of China!
- 3. There was once in a small village a farmer who owed an important sum of money due to be repaid to a very ugly old man.
- 4. The farmer had a very pretty daughter that the old lender was sweet on, the lender proposed a deal:
- 5. He said he would annul the debt if he could marry his daughter
- 7. So, the old lender suggested hazard should determine the outcome of his proposition.
- 8. He told them he would put two pebbles one black and one white in an empty money bag,
- 11. 1) If she picks a black one, she must marry me And the debt to her father is eliminated…..
- 12. 2) If she picks the white pebble, she doesn’t have to marry me and the debt is also eliminated
- 13. 3) If she refuses to pick a pebble, her father will go to jail
- 15. As he was picking them up, the daughter with a sharp eye…
- 16. Noticed he had picked up two black pebbles and put them in the money bag
- 19. This discussion was taking place on the road in front of the farmer’s house and the road was paved with pebbles
- 24. 2) The daughter picks out both pebbles revealing the old lender cheated
- 25. 3) The daughter picks out a black pebble and sacrifices herself by marrying the old « coot » and saves her father from emprisonment
- 32. Think of the consequences of each of the three possible options.
- 39. She plunged her hand in the bag picked a pebble and, clumsily, dropped it on the ground
- 40. before it could be determined wheter it was black or white, it mixed with other pebbles on the ground
- 41. Ah ! Gosh! I sure am clumsy, said the young woman….
- 43. We will know which pebble I had picked first dont you think?
- 46. . The old lender didn’t dare announce his cheating, ….
- 53. It’s just that we don’t always know how to examine every angles of the situation
- 54. M ay 2011 be full of positive thoughts and wise decisions!