Once upon a time, in a village, there was a penniless farmer who
had to repay a large sum of money to an old man
Very ugly.
As the farmer had a very pretty daughter who was much admired
to the old lender, the latter proposed a deal.
He says he would wipe out the farmer's debt if he could marry his
girl. *The farmer and his daughter were both horrified by this
proposal. So the old dishonest lender suggested that the
Chance determines the outcome of the proposal.
He tells them that he would put a white pebble and a black pebble in
an empty money bag, and that the girl would have to dig into
The blind draw, one of the two pebbles in the bag.
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If she picks up the black stone, she becomes his wife and the
his father's debt is wiped out -
If she picks up the white stone, she doesn't have to marry him and
The father's debt is also canceled. -
If she refuses to pick a stone, her father is thrown into prison.
This conversation took place on the path in front of the house of
farmer, and the ground was strewn with pebbles.
While continuing to speak, the ugly old man leaned over to
Pick up the two stones.
As he was picking them up, the girl, who had a keen eye,
noticed that he had picked up two black stones and that he had
put in the bag. But she says nothing.
Then the old lender asked the young girl to reach into the bag.
Imagine for a moment what you would have done if you had been there.
What would you have advised the young girl to do?
If we analyze it carefully, there are three possibilities:
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The girl should refuse to pick up a stone.
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The girl should take the two black stones out of the bag, showing
that the old man cheated -
The girl should pick up the black stone and sacrifice herself
marrying off the old man to spare his father imprisonment
Take a moment to think about this situation.
The purpose of this story is to make you appreciate the difference
between logical thinking and so-called “lateral” thinking.
The young girl's dilemma cannot be resolved in a
fair according to traditional logical thinking.
Think about the consequences of each of the three possible options.
So, what would you have done?
Well, here is what the young girl did:
She reached into the bag and pulled out a stone, which she dropped.
immediately to the ground, clumsily, without anyone seeing it, and he
spontaneously confused with the multitude of other stones on the
sun.
Oh! How clumsy I can be, exclaimed the young girl. But
Whatever, if I pull out the stone that's left in the bag, we'll see.
the one I got first!
Since the remaining pebble was black, the first pebble picked
could only be white. And as the old lender did not dare to admit
her dishonesty, the young girl transformed a situation that
seemed impossible in a highly advantageous resolution.
The moral of this story:
There is a solution to most complex problems.
It’s just that we don’t always know how to look at things from
Good angle.
May your week be filled with positive thoughts and wisdom
decisions.
Marylena
