More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt
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Thomas Hart Benton's Plowing It Under
At one time there were two traders who were great friends. One of them lived in a small village, and one lived in a large town nearby. One day the village trader took his plow to the large town to have it fixed. Then he left it with the trader who lived there.
After some time the town trader sold the plow and kept the money. When the trader from the village came to get his plow, the town trader said, “Th...