Story of the Two Pebbles

A Story about two pebbles

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ifference between logical ghts and “lateral” thoughts.

e was once in a small village a farmer who owed an large sum of money due to be repaid to a very ugly old man

The farmer had a very pretty daughter that the old lender was sweet on,

the lender proposed a deal:

He said he would annul the debt if he could marry the farmer’s daughter

Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified about this proposition

So, the old lender suggested chance should determine the outcome of his proposition.

He told the farmer he would put two pebbles, bl k d hit i t b

And, the daughter would pick, without looking …

One of the two pebbles.

1) If she picks a black one, she must marry me And the debt of her father is eliminated…..

2) If she picks the white pebble, she doesn’t have to marry me and the debt is also eliminated

3) If she refuses to pick a pebble, her father will go to jail

While speaking, the old lender leaned forward and picked up two pebbles.

As he was picking them up, the daughter with a sharp eye…

ed he had picked up two black pebbles and put them in the money bag

B t h id thi

The old lender asked the daughterto pick a pebble out of the bag

discussion was taking place on the road in front of the farmer’s house and the road was paved with pebbles

Imagine for an instant what you would have done.

What would you have suggested the daughter to do?

analyze the situation, there are 3 possibilities :

daughter refuses to pick a pebble and her father goes to jail.

daughter picks out both pebbles ng the old lender cheated

daughter picks out a black pebble and sacrifices herself by g the old « coot » and saves her father from imprisonment

Take a moment to reflect on this

situation

This story means to illustrate a point…..

The difference between logical thought and so called “lateral”thought.

The daughter’s dilemma cannot be resolved in an equitable manner

aditional logic

Think of the consequences of each of the three possible options.

So, what would you have done ?

Here is what the young woman did :

She plunged her hand in the bag picked a pebble and, clumsily, dropped it on the ground

before it could be determined wheter it was black or white,it mixed with other pebbles on the ground

Ah! Gosh! I sure am clumsy, said the young woman….

But no matter: if I remove the other pebble from the bag ….

We will know which pebble I had picked first, don’t you think?

Since the second pebble was black,

t had to en white

d lender didn’t dare nce his cheating, ….

The young woman transformed

Into a very advantageous ending !

al of the story:

tion exists st problems

that we don’t always know how to e every angle of the situation

FINISH

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