Chinna Katha - 06 (Double the Price) (Short Story: As told by Bhagavan Sri Satya Sai Baba)

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06. DOUBLE THE PRICE

 

An individual took a watch, which was out of order to a watch-repairer.

The watch-repairer said that the watch was very old and that it would cost a lot

of money to repair the watch.

He said that repair would cost at lest two times the original price of the

watch. The owner said that he would like the watch to be repaired even if it

costs so much.

The watch repairer thought that, since the owner was insisting on this old and

worn-out watch being repaired, the watch was probably a lucky one.

He replaced the old parts by new parts, repaired the watch and gave it back to the owner.

When asked to pay the price of repair, the owner gave two slaps to the watch repairer..

The persons standing by handed him over to the police and when police asked him

to explain why he beat the watch repairer, he said that he was asked to pay for

the repair of the watch twice the price he paid originally when he acquired the

watch and since he did not purchase it but got it by giving one slap to a

person, he gave two slaps to the watch repairer.

(from the Book: "CHINNA KATHA" (Short Story, as told by Bhagavan Sri Satya Sai BABA))