Stupid Beggar|گدای احمق

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“82nd story”

First published: March.14.2019

There once lived a beggar in a small town. The beggar walked daily in the local Bazaar and downtown area.

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Everyone in town knew him for years. He was famous for his stupidity, and people made fun of him daily.

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Every single day, people showed him two coins; one silver and the other one gold, then they asked him to choose.

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He always chose the silver one which was less in value. New people used to come to visit after they heard about the stupid beggar. They offered him both coins just to see if the story was true.

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And when he did pick the silver coin, they started making fun of him. This became an ongoing habit for people, for years.

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A kind by-passer heard the story and went to see this stupid beggar. When he saw that it was true and that the beggar was truly stupid, he felt bad.

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He got closer to the beggar and whispered in his ears: “The gold coin is worth more when people offer you two coins pick the gold one. Then they will not laugh at you.”

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The beggar responded: “Thank you for your concern. You are a very kind man. But don’t worry I have been very smart all these years. If I take the gold coin, they would never pay me again.

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But each one of them has paid me many gold coins in total all these years. I may look stupid to them, but it was them that was naive. I am making a good living out of their stupidity.”

Dear friends; 

Don’t forget to read my books.<3<3<3

 

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Categories: bedtime story, fable, folk tale, moral, Short StoryTags: , , , ,

184 comments ›

  2. hassanmosleh
    March 14, 2019 • 1:27 pm

    Well written story. From the beginning, I knew the beggar was a smart one.

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  3. jaya
    March 14, 2019 • 1:37 pm

    Smart beggar indeed! Another of your not-to-be-missed stories

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  4. ilonapulianauskaite
    March 14, 2019 • 1:41 pm

    Interesting and unique story, pictures look great, have you took it by yourself?🤗

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  5. positivesideofcoin
    March 14, 2019 • 1:42 pm

    Just wow, very well written. I loved reading this story 💝

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  6. lampmagician
    March 14, 2019 • 2:25 pm

    Reblogged this on lampmagician and commented:
    Hey, a great story 😂👍👍❤

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  9. Johnzelle
    March 14, 2019 • 3:07 pm

    I love this story!

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  11. Rosaliene Bacchus
    March 14, 2019 • 4:34 pm

    Laleh, I always enjoy the way you weave your stories of life’s lessons. We are so quick to judge others by our own standards that the truth of a situation evades us.

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  13. Frances Elaina
    March 14, 2019 • 5:37 pm

    Things are not always what they seem. Well done! ❤

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  14. lampmagician
    March 14, 2019 • 6:06 pm

    Also Thank you for the videos, I will watch them in the weekend ❤

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  15. Mudasir Nazir
    March 14, 2019 • 7:12 pm

    Wow….Superbb

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  18. calmkate
    March 14, 2019 • 8:25 pm

    Very smart beggar, I’ve meet a few of these 🙂

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  19. iScriblr
    March 14, 2019 • 8:45 pm

    Wow, what a story!❤️❤️

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  20. Carol Balawyder
    March 14, 2019 • 9:21 pm

    Laleh, I love this post! Those olives look delicious! Such beautiful photos to go with a beautiful story. ❤

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  23. www.corneliaweber-photography.com
    March 15, 2019 • 3:36 am

    Laleh, this time your brilliant story made me laugh. It’s like the saying” Who is the monkey, the one behind the fence or the one in front of the fence”

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  24. Indira
    March 15, 2019 • 5:17 am

    Definitely a wise one, who fooled others 😀

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  25. efge63
    March 15, 2019 • 7:11 am

    I am so glad when i am reading your stories!!!!!!!!!! Kisses !!!!!!!!!

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  26. Claudia
    March 15, 2019 • 9:11 am

    A very inspirational and beautiful story, thank you for sharing it! And the pictures…absolutely amazing, they touched my heart.
    Have a blessed day!

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  28. MOMENTS
    March 15, 2019 • 3:56 pm

    This is a lovely story, so well written and with such a powerful moral message. Many people in this world should act more wisely like the beggar people laughed at. I also love the colorful pictures you have chosen to illustrate it. Thank you so much for the follow. I really appreciate this. However, there is a much better writer than me, whom I strongly recommend you and all your followers. It is my friend Mario Savioni. His novel “Pickles and Tarts” (very short chapters, easy to read), is a story where 54-year-old Frank has been selected by 19-year-old Nicole through a dating site. Frank looks at Nicole’s photos on the site and is attracted to her beauty. Nicole tells him she has a boyfriend and is not interested in a romantic relationship. She adds: “It’s fun to talk to different people sometimes.” The only apparent thing Frank and Nicole seem to have in common is their interest to write stories. Perhaps they want to meet just to write one together? “Pickles and Tarts” is a lovely story of illusion-delusion, dream-reality, non-conformist with the Capitalist system, reflective on love, sex and human relationships in today’s world. It is profound and highly intriguing: https://savioni.wordpress.com/2019/03/15/pickles-and-tarts-chapter-10/

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  30. Ultra
    March 15, 2019 • 9:34 pm

    A wise man, because it is better to sell more and cheaper than once for a gold coin.
    We have a proverb here: It’s better to wisely lose than to find a stupid one.
    greetings

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  31. SonniQ
    March 16, 2019 • 9:50 am

    Interesting story. It’s sad that people get enjoyment out watching someone they think is stupid, even though it reflects badly on them – they are too naive to even see it. Sometimes we are too quick to judge.

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  32. Lara/Trace
    March 16, 2019 • 9:27 pm

    How we label stupid is stupid.

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  34. aruna3
    March 17, 2019 • 6:44 pm

    Most interesting story,dear Laleh🌹🌹🌹🌹

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  37. usfman
    March 18, 2019 • 12:12 am

    Judging others prematurely is stupid as well. Thanks for reading my blog.

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  39. Gary
    March 19, 2019 • 12:21 am

    Nice post. Often it us those people thought to be stupid are the smartest ones.

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  40. PePa.
    March 19, 2019 • 8:58 am

    Amazing grit right there.

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  41. leesalove
    March 19, 2019 • 11:09 pm

    I saw a version of this “Little Johnny” with a nickel and dime. Love this version even more!

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  42. Silver Screenings
    March 20, 2019 • 8:46 pm

    Brilliant! It takes a very smart person to appear that stupid.

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  43. Ink 'em Down
    March 22, 2019 • 9:41 am

    Wow, that’s a smart story!

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  44. stopociechblog
    March 22, 2019 • 7:47 pm

    Reading the story, I thought it would end like that. Going to work, I pass a crazy woman who aggressively demands 10 zlotys. Everyone bypasses her. And a modest old woman who asks 1 zloty easily to please and puts many into the cup. Maybe it’s a different story, but it’s the same thing.

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  45. magickmermaid
    March 22, 2019 • 9:10 pm

    A funny story with a great moral! Well done! 🙂

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  47. Chinedu ikechukwu
    March 27, 2019 • 1:45 pm

    nice article. Learned something from it

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  48. sherazade
    March 29, 2019 • 8:55 am

    Una parabola molto vera, un insegnamento non una furbizia.
    La leggerò sicuramente domani al mio nipotino.
    Grazie carissima
    Laleh.
    Shera 🌹

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  49. Sonrisa
    March 30, 2019 • 10:45 am

    Haha good one. Loving your stories.

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  50. Christopher Lindsay
    April 6, 2019 • 5:45 pm

    Great story. The ending surprised me.

    Minor edit: I wouldn’t put a semicolon after “two coins”

    Semicolons join independent clauses.

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  51. Jonathan Caswell
    April 8, 2019 • 10:13 pm

    Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
    NOT SO STUPID AFTER ALL, IS HE—THIS BEGGAR!

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  52. alessiaborghi
    April 13, 2019 • 1:03 pm

    This is a fantastic story that has an important moral! The beggar is much smarter than all the people who make fun of him!
    In Italy it is said that those who want too much do not want anything. It means that if you want something big right away, you will end up with nothing in your hands!

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  56. utahan15
    April 17, 2021 • 9:14 am

    more vows curse
    midas gold gilt
    you cannot live on money
    just with it
    silver
    his sliver
    piled and plied high
    their arrogance
    turned upsides down inside out
    is why too

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  57. Orvillewrong
    April 17, 2021 • 12:25 pm

    Not such a fool it would seem!

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  59. Free Fonts
    April 17, 2021 • 1:27 pm

    Stories with extraordinary advice. I like your writing

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  60. Vivi
    April 17, 2021 • 7:27 pm

    Never underestimate anyone. A lovely story😊

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  61. bigskybuckeye
    April 20, 2021 • 10:49 am

    Laleh, your story creates a teachable moment from this parable. Once in awhile in life, appearances can be deceiving. We miss the rest of the story.

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  62. notestowomen
    April 20, 2021 • 6:39 pm

    I really liked this story, Laleh. The beggar turned out to be smarter than all of them.

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  63. utahan15
    December 9, 2021 • 8:36 am

    count the cost
    most is what they
    lost just tossed at him

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  65. Gospelroad#66
    December 10, 2021 • 6:20 am

    What a story!!

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  66. Sadje
    December 10, 2021 • 6:30 am

    How clever of him. Great story Laleh

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  67. Samreen Asad
    December 15, 2021 • 9:51 am

    A very wise man indeed😊 Great story Laleh ❤️

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  68. Train Today to Reap Tomorrow
    December 18, 2021 • 1:23 am

    He believes in volume as not everyone will have gold. Very nice.

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