HALF THE PROFIT

A RICH MAN WANTED TO GIVE A FEAST

FOR HIS FRIENDS.

HE HAD ALL KINDS OF DISHES PREPARED

BUT HE COULD NOT GET ANY FISH.

HE OFFERED A REWARD TO

THE MAN WHO WOULD BRING HIM A FISH.

AFTER SOME TIME A FISHERMAN

BROUGHT A BIG FISH FOR HIM.

BUT THE GATE KEEPER WOULD NOT LET

HIM IN TILL HE HAD PROMISED TO

GIVE HIM HALF THE REWARD.

THE FISHERMAN AGREED.

THE RICH MAN WAS HIGHLY PLEASED

AND WANTED TO GIVE HIM A LOT OF MONEY,

BUT THE FISHERMAN REFUSED TO TAKE IT.

INSTEAD, HE DEMANDED A

HUNDRED LASHES ON HIS BACK.

EVERYONE WAS SURPRISED.

AT LAST THE RICH MAN ORDERED

A SERVANT TO GIVE HIM A HUNDRED LASHES.

WHEN THE FISHERMAN HAD RECEIVED FIFTY,

HE ASKED THEM TO STOP AS HE

HAD A PARTNER IN THE BUSINESS.

IT WAS THE GATE KEEPER.

THE RICH MAN UNDERSTOOD THE WHOLE THING.

HE WAS GIVEN THE REMAINING FIFTY LASHES

DISMISSED FROM THE SERVICE.

THE RICH MAN GAVE THE FISHERMAN

A HANDSOME REWARD.