Merchant
A poor man lived in a small village by. One day walked to the village market. On the way he found 
a purse (a small bag for money) on the road. In it there was a hundred shekel (pengar).
When he reached the market, a merchant köpman was shouting ropade: “Has any one seen my purse? There is a reward hittelön for anyone who gives it to me.”
The poor man gave the purse to the merchant. Then he asked for the reward.
The merchant said: “Reward? Reward? I had two hundred shekel in the purse. Now I see only one hundred! You have taken much more than the reward I intended hade för avsikt to give.”
The poor man took the merchant to court domstol. The magistrate domare listened to the poor man. He also listened to the merchant.
After hearing both, the magistrate told the merchant, “You say that you had two hundred sheqel in the purse. So this purse cannot be yours. Return it to this man.”
The merchant got punished straffade for greed penningbegär. The poor man got rewarded for honesty ärlighet.
