Language Arts – Folktale
One Coin of Money
In those days in Idia, there was Rony which was a really rich company. Everyone respected them because they had a lot of money. On the other hand, there was a poor company called Potec. Rony said to Potec,
“I will improve your company if you give us the money every months.”
Potec believed that Rony was wise and fair.
There was the year Potec couldn’t gain money at all. They had no money to live. They asked Rony to borrow the money but Rony cried,
“No! I must have money to inprove your company and also for us. Promise or no promise, I must have a lot of money!”
Time went on, Potec became poorer.
A worker of Potec named Riga found a written contract of Rony in an elevator. He was clever, and he began to make a plan. He also had a sense of justice. When Rony heard about Riga, Rony asked him to come to an office with a written contract.
Rony said,
“Thank you for returning this. I was in trouble with it. But don’t tell anybody. This is strictly confidential. So… What do you want to have? I want to reward you.”
“You may reward me in this way,” Riga started to explain his plan, “today, you will give me a single coin of money. Then, each day for thirty days you will give me double the coin you gave me the day before.”
The next day, Riga was presented with two coins of money. On the sixteen day, he was presented with a bag containing thirty-two thousand, seven hundred and sixty-eight coins of money. On the twenty-fourth day, he was presented with eight million, three hundred and eighty-eight thousand, six hundred and eight coins of money-enough to fill eight baskets, which were carried to him eight bicycles. On the thirtieth and final day, two hundred and fifty-six trackes carried-five hundred and thiry-six million, eight hundred and seventy thousand, nine hundred and twelve coins of money.
All together, he had received more than one billion coins of money. Rony became poor and had no more money to give and live.
“And what will you do with this money,” said Rony with a sigh, “now that I have none?”
“I will give it to Potec and other companies which are poor. But if you promise from now on to be wise and fair, I will share it with you also,” said Riga strongly.
“I promise,” said Rony. And for the rest of days, both Rony and Potec became happy and both had equal salaries. Rony became truly wise and fair as Potec and Riga were.
