A beggar, walking through the market, found a leather wallet. Opening it, he discovered that it contained one hundred gold coins.
At that moment, the beggar heard the cry of a man in the shopping arcade:
- Reward! A reward awaits whoever finds my leather wallet!
Being an honest man, the beggar approached the man who had lost his wallet and gave him his find.
- Here's your wallet. Can I get my reward now?
- A reward? — the merchant grinned, greedily counting the gold. “There were two hundred gold coins in the wallet that I dropped.” You've already stolen more than your reward. Leave or I'll call the police!
“I am an honest man,” said the beggar defiantly. - Let us resolve this issue with the judge.
The judge listened patiently to both sides and said:
- I believe you both. Justice is possible! Merchant, you stated that when you dropped the wallet, it contained two hundred gold coins. Okay, that's a significant amount. But the wallet that this beggar found only contained one hundred gold coins. Therefore, it couldn't be the one you lost.
And, with these words, the judge gave the wallet and all the gold to the beggar.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru