It was a stormy night. A traveler reached
an inn. As the hour was very late, he found the door locked from within. He
knocked at the door.
The gate-keeper responded to the knock,
saying, "I have lost the key and the door cannot be opened unless you have
a silver key with you."
The traveler understood what he meant by
the silver key. He immediately slipped a silver coin through the hole, and the
door opened.
As soon as he got in, he said to the gate
keeper, "I have left my box outside, please bring it." As the
gate-keeper went out to bring the box, the traveller closed the door behind
him.
The keeper asked him to open the door so
that he may come in. Now the traveller replied from within, "I have lost
the key and a silver key is needed to open the door." Soon the coin was
pushed again through the hole and the dishonest man was let in.
Moral:
Dishonesty meets dishonesty.
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