The Story: A merchant once lied
sticks of certain town. He had many servants. One of them stole his silver
watch. He thought of a clever plan to catch the thief. He called them all
together. Then he gave them each a stick and said, “These sticks are equal in
length today. But the thief’s stick will grow an inch longer by tomorrow
morning. You must all come to me at sunrise. Your sticks will help me catch the
culprit.”
When
the thief went to his room, he cut an inch off an end of his stick, without any
loss of time. He felt sure that it would, tomorrow, be the same length as the
others. But he was mistaken. His stick was an inch shorter than those of the
others. And the merchant had no difficulty in recovering his stolen watch.
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