A wealthy business man sent his servant to Leipzig twice each year to purchase merchandise on credit. Each time the servant purchased new stock on credit, he paid up the old debt. One day the merchant devised a scheme to go into bankruptcy.
“When you go to Leipzig this time,” he told the servant, “try to buy a lot of merchandise. You will not need any money because I’ve paid enough already.”
The servant was not pleased. He said, “But the dealers will not want to sell without cash.”
“Do as I tell you!” the merchant shouted.
The servant, having no alternative, went to Leipzig and said, “My master has instructed me to purchase a lot of stock on credit. When I told him that I doubted whether you would trust him for so much money, he told me to hold my tongue.”
The dealer immediately understood and did not give him any merchandise.
Moral: We may feel at times that we are stuck but we can always find a way to be honest.
“When you go to Leipzig this time,” he told the servant, “try to buy a lot of merchandise. You will not need any money because I’ve paid enough already.”
The servant was not pleased. He said, “But the dealers will not want to sell without cash.”
“Do as I tell you!” the merchant shouted.
The servant, having no alternative, went to Leipzig and said, “My master has instructed me to purchase a lot of stock on credit. When I told him that I doubted whether you would trust him for so much money, he told me to hold my tongue.”
The dealer immediately understood and did not give him any merchandise.
Moral: We may feel at times that we are stuck but we can always find a way to be honest.
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