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A farmer and shopkeeper 

There lived a farmer with his wife in a village. In order to earn his living, He would make butter from milk and sell it. His wife used to help him in making butter blocks.    

One day farmer's wife made few butter blocks , one kg each and gave it to farmer .    

Farmer's wife : Dear butter blocks are ready , you can now take them and go to town for selling. 

Farmer : ok dear, I’m going to town for selling it.

Farmer took those butter blocks and went to the town. He used to sell those to grocery shopkeeper and In return would buy groceries from him with money he get….

This continued  for weeks and farmer developed very good terms with shopkeeper.  One day while keeping those butter blocks in fridge    

shopkeeper thought……….

Shopkeeper : let me weigh each block before keeping them in fridge. 

 

On weighing , he got shocked n disappointment , he observed that each block weighted 900 grams and not 1 kg. He felt cheated n got so angry.  

 

Shopkeeper : fraud ! Cheat ! I will not leave him !!!!!    Next week when again farmer came to sell butter .....

Shopkeeper: Don't u dare to step inside my shop you cheat !!   I don't want to do business with somebody who lies . The butter blocks you sold me are not 1kg but 900 gms. U r fraud . 

 

Farmer very politely said : don't get angry brother , we are poor but not fraud and dishonest ..as we are not rich enough to buy a weighing machine .. So I had weighted these blocks with 1 kg sugar packet I purchased from you. 

 

 

 

 

Moral : Never fraud or cheat anyone.

“ as u sow , so shall you reap” 

So be honest and good person !!