Wisdom Over Injustice

There was once a girl who lived with her father. Her mother had passed away,

and her father owed money to a cruel old man. In those days, unpaid debt meant

prison. That's already a difficult situation. It gets worse. The girl went to

plead for mercy. The man offered a deal: "Marry me, and I'll cancel the debt."

Then he suggested a game with pebbles—one black, one white. White meant freedom.

Black meant marriage. Sounds fair enough... or was it? He cheated! The girl noticed

he put two black pebbles in the bag. So there was no fair choice. Exactly.

But instead of panicking, she stayed calm. She picked a pebble and immediately dropped it on the