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THE GNOME AND THE FARMER #Inspirational Moral Stories
One day,
a farmer saw a gnome resting in his field. Immediately, he sensed
that a
treasure must be buried there. When he asked, the gnome said: ‘Indeed!
There’s
more silver and gold buried beneath than you could have ever seen!’
The
farmer claimed it, as the field was his. But this gnome was not nice. He
told the
farmer: ‘The treasure will be yours, only if you give me half of what
you
harvest during the coming two years.’ The farmer agreed but told the
gnome
that he should take what lay on the top, while he would take whatever
lay on
the bottom. The gnome happily agreed. During the next two years, the
farmer
cunningly planted potatoes. All that appeared on the top soil was
useless
to the gnome. Realising he had been tricked, the gnome left for good.
And the
farmer dug out the treasure from below!
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