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Greed and Honesty Once upon a time in a place called Seri， there were two salesmen of pots and pans and hand-made trinkets. They agreed to divide the town between them. They also said that after one had gone through his area， it was all right for the other to try and sell where the first had already been. One day， while one of them was coming down a street， a poor little girl saw him and asked her grandmother to buy her a bracelet. The old grandmother replied， How can we poor people buy bracelets? The little girl said， Since we dont have any money， we can give our black sooty old plate. The old woman agreed to give it a try， so she invited the dealer inside. The salesman saw that these people were very poor and innocent， so he didnt want to waste his time with them. Even though the old woman pleaded with him， he said he had no bracelet that she could afford to buy. Then she asked， We have an old plate that is useless to us， can we trade it for a bracelet? The man took it and， while examining it， happened to scratch the bottom of it. To his surprise， he saw that underneath the black soot， it was a golden plate! But he didnt let on that he had noticed it. Instead he decided to deceive these poor people so he could get the plate for next to nothing. He said This is not worth even one bracelet， theres no value in this， I dont want it! He left， thinking he would return later when they would accept even less for the plate. | 
