Story of the two pebbles
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There was a farmer who owed a debt to an ugly old man. The old man proposed that if the farmer's daughter married him, the debt would be eliminated. However, the daughter and farmer did not want this. The old man said the daughter could pick a pebble from a bag - if it was black, she must marry him, and if it was white, she did not have to marry him. However, the daughter noticed he had placed two black pebbles in the bag. Rather than pick a pebble, she dropped the one in her hand on the ground, mixing it with others. She then removed the other pebble from the bag, proving it was black, so the first must have
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1) A moneylender proposes that a farmer's daughter must marry him to forgive her father's debt, or pick a pebble from a bag to determine her fate.
2) The girl notices the moneylender placed two black pebbles in the bag.
3) Rather than pick from the bag, the girl pretends to accidentally drop her pebble among similar ones on the ground, forcing the moneylender to admit his deception to determine which pebble she had picked.
Logical solutions
A moneylender wants to forgive a farmer's debt if he can marry his daughter. He puts two black pebbles in a bag and tells the daughter to pick one - if she picks black, she must marry him, but if white, she is free. The daughter notices both pebbles are black. Rather than pick, she takes one out and drops it, then tells him to check the bag, knowing the remaining pebble must be black, allowing her to claim she picked the white one. This solves her dilemma through lateral thinking rather than conventional solutions.
Thinking out of the box
The merchant's daughter was faced with a dilemma where she had to choose between a black or white pebble from a bag to determine if she would marry the moneylender or save her father from debt. She realized there were two black pebbles in the bag, making the choice unfair. Instead of directly confronting the moneylender, she secretly dropped the pebble she picked and suggested he look in the bag to see what was left, implying she picked the white pebble to avoid marriage while still saving her father. The story shows the value of thinking creatively about complex problems rather than just logically.
Lateral Thinking Puzzle - The Moneylender
This story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking.
Lateral thinking
A farmer owed a moneylender a large debt. To repay the debt, the moneylender proposed marrying the farmer's daughter. The daughter did not want to marry the ugly moneylender. He suggested letting Providence decide by having the daughter pick a pebble from a bag containing one black and one white pebble. However, the moneylender secretly put two black pebbles in the bag. Faced with this dilemma, the clever daughter pretended to accidentally drop the pebble she picked so the moneylender could not tell its color, tricking him into forgiving her father's debt.
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- 10. One of the two pebbles.
- 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
- 14. While speaking, the old lender leaned forward and picked up two pebbles.
- 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
- 17. But, she said nothing.
- 18. The old lender asked the daughter to pick a pebble out of the bag
- 19. This discussion was taking place on the road in front of the farmer’s house and the road was paved with pebbles
- 20. Imagine for an instant what you would have done.
- 21. What would you have suggested the daughter to do?
- 22. If we analyse the situation, there are 3 possibilities :
- 23. 1) The daughter refuses to pick a pebble
- 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
- 26. Take a moment to reflect on this situation
- 28. This story means to illustrate a point…..
- 29. The difference between logical thought and so called “lateral”thought.
- 30. The daughter’s dilemma cannot be resolved equitable manner
- 32. Think of the consequences of each of the three possible options.
- 33. So, what would you have done ?
- 34. Here is what the young woman did :
- 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….
- 42. But no matter: if I remove the other pebble from the bag ….
- 43. We will know which pebble I had picked first dont you think?
- 44. Since the second pebble was black,,
- 45. The first had to have been white
- 46. . The old lender didn’t dare announce his cheating, ….
- 47. The young woman transformed a seemingly impossible situation
- 48. Into a very advantageous ending !
- 51. Moral of the story:
- 52. A solution exists for most problems
- 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!