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Essay - "Little Lotus" / "The Price of a Gold Coin"

"Little Lotus"

Underwater imprisons a world, imprisons some life and death.

The root buds are pavilion, top-notch, about to emerge from the water, facing the light above the water. It seems that in the light above, it is the real hometown.

Near nostalgia

Grow in the mud, grow in the water. What kind of eyes will the illuminati above look at a small appearance between heaven and earth?

Only dragonflies are flying. In the summoning.

Summoning in the mud, in the water, a straight line of life.

The beam of moonlight shines obliquely, like a spotlight on the stage, illuminating a clear wave, illuminating this shore and the other shore, one step away.

The rising sun rises in the east, pouring warmth with great loneliness. Wait for a statue of the water hibiscus to return from the sky.

Essay - "Little Lotus" / "The Price of a Gold Coin"

The Price of a Gold Coin

One day, a merchant was walking along a road on the Big Island and saw a small bag fall to the ground. He picked up the small bag and was surprised to find that there were 3 gold coins in it, each worth 1 or 2 gold. He was elated and ready to go home with this windfall.

At this time, a man who came for a walk said that the bag belonged to him and that he had dropped it here, and of course he asked the merchant to return 3 gold coins to him.

The businessman disagreed, declaring, "Whoever picks it up is whoever picks it up." Both argued on the basis of reason, and the quarrel was endless. The two of them were so engrossed that they unknowingly switched their positions in the quarrel.

The original owner of the gold coin said, "Actually, since I have lost it, I have lost it." The businessman replied, "All in all, I picked it up by accident, and the money doesn't belong to me."

In this way, their opinions are still completely opposite. One is determined to pay back, one never wants to. They quarreled again. "Or please take it..."

"Don't do it, the money is yours now."

They quarreled endlessly, as they had done at the beginning, but swapped roles with each other.

They did not know how to solve the problem, so they unanimously decided to ask a third party to decide; They will no longer contest his ruling.

So they went to visit the most famous judge of the time.

The judge listened carefully to both of their complaints before ruling: "Both of you are willing to give these 3 gold coins to another person for official confiscation." Since you have all given up ownership of the money, you will not object. ”

The justice picked up 3 gold coins and went into his office

Both of them stayed there in a daze, pondering something, as if they were a little regretful... At this time, the judge returned, holding two small bags in his hand. And he said to them,

"You guys are so stubborn, everyone insists on being justified, so you both lose the money

"In this way, you have learned a good lesson: stick to your ideas without trying to understand each other, and you will suffer. I have also received a great training, and that is the lesson that your humility and your generosity have taught me. So I'm going to give each of you a gift.

He handed each person a small bag containing two gold coins.

The Lord Chancellor concluded from this matter:

"The 4 gold coins you both have now are the 3 you brought me, plus the 1 I took out of my pocket to thank you for your education. Before that, each of you thought you had 3 gold coins; Later they were all lost. From now on, both of you have two gold coins that can be saved. Each of you lost 1 gold coin, I added 1 more, so I also lost 1 gold coin. This makes us all lose the same thing: 1 gold coin. That's the price, and all 3 of us paid the same price for the education we just got.

Essay - "Little Lotus" / "The Price of a Gold Coin"

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