Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune
of owing a large sum of money
to a village moneylender. The money-
lender
, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter.
So he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if
he could marry his daughter
.
the
Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. So
money-lender suggested that they let providence decide
the matter. He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white
pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one
pebble from the bag.
If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her
father's debt would be forgiven. If she picked the
white pebble she
wouldn't need to marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven.
If she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail
. MC
They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field.
two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to
pick a pebble from the bag.​