Gold Coins and a Selfish Man - 金幣和自私的人
Sam was a greedy and selfish man. He always desired to have lots and lots of money and never hesitated to cheat others to make money. Also, he never wished to share anything with others. He paid very low wages to his servants.
薩姆是個貪婪自私的人。他總是渴望有很多很多的錢，為了賺錢他甚至不惜欺騙別人。而且，他從不和別人分享任何東西。他付給僕人們工資也很低。
However, one day, he learned a lesson that changed his life forever.
然而，有一天，他好好的上了一個足以改變他一生的課。
It so happened that one day, a small bag that belonged to Sam was missing. The bag had 50 gold coins in it. Sam searched high and low for the bag, but could not find it. Sam’s friends and neighbours also joined in the search, but all their efforts were in vain.
有一天碰巧，薩姆的一個小包不見了。袋子裡有50個金幣。薩姆到處找那個包，但找不到。山姆的朋友和鄰居也加入了搜救行動，但他們的一切努力都白費了。
After a couple of days, the ten year old daughter of a man working for Sam found the bag. She told her father about it. Her father identified the bag as the one that was missing, and immediately decided to take it to his master.
幾天後，一個10歲女孩發現了這個包，而她的父親恰好為薩姆工作。她把這事告訴了她父親。她父親認出了丟失的那個包，立即決定把它交給他的主人。
He gave the bag back to his master Sam, and asked him to check whether the bag had 50 gold coins. Sam was exultant to get the coins back, but he decided to play a trick. He shouted at his worker, 「there were 75 gold coins in this bag but you gave me only 50! Where are the other coins? You have stolen them!」
他把包還給了主人薩姆，讓他檢查一下包裡有沒有50個金幣。薩姆很高興能拿回硬幣，但他決定耍個花招。他對他的工人喊道：「這個包裡有75個金幣，但你只給了我50個！其他的硬幣呢？你偷了他們！」
The worker was shocked to hear this and pleaded his innocence. Selfish and greedy, Sam did not accept the worker’s story, and decided to take the issue to court.
工人聽到這件事感到震驚，並申辯自己無罪。自私貪婪的薩姆不接受工人的說法，決定把這個問題告上法庭。
The judge heard both the sides. He questioned the daughter and the worker about the number of coins they had found in the bag, and they assured it was only 50.
法官聽取了雙方的意見。他詢問了女兒和工人在包裡發現的硬幣的數量，他們確信只有50枚。
He cross-examined Sam and Sam replied, 「Yes my lord, I had 75 gold coins in my bag, and they gave me only 50. Hence, it is quite obvious that they have stolen 25 coins!」
他盤問薩姆，薩姆回答說：「是的，大人，我包裡有75枚金幣，他們只給了我50枚。因此，很明顯他們偷了25枚硬幣！」
The judge then asked, 「Are you sure that your bag had 75 coins?」
法官接著問：「你確定你的包裡有75枚硬幣嗎？」
Sam nodded vigorously.
薩姆使勁地點點頭。
The judge then made his judgment.
法官隨後作出判決。
「Since Sam lost a bag of 75 gold coins and the bag found by the girl had only 50 coins, it is obvious that the bag that was found does not belong to Sam. It was lost by someone else. If anyone finds a bag of 75 gold coins, I will declare that it belongs to Sam. As there are no complaints about the loss of 50 coins, I order the girl and her father to take those 50 coins as a token of appreciation for their honesty!」
「山姆丟了一袋75金幣，女孩發現的那袋只有50金幣，很明顯，找到的那袋不屬於山姆，是別人丟的。如果有人發現一袋75枚金幣，我就宣布這是山姆的。由於沒有人抱怨丟失了50枚金幣，我命令把這50枚金幣贈予女孩和她的父親作為對他們誠實地感謝！」
Honesty will always be rewarded and greed punished!
誠實總會得到回報，而貪婪則必會受到懲罰！