CUNNING DAUGHTER OF A FARMER STORY
Debt ridden farmer’s daughter and money lender. Many years ago in a small Indian village, A farmer had the misfortune Of owing a large sum of money to a village money lender. The Moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain.He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal.So the cunning moneylender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty moneybag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag.1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven.2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven.3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail. They were standing on a pebble-strewn p