Page 121 - Moral Stories Vol 6

The shopkeeper looked at the boy’s worried face and said, “I need only four sea shells” and returned the remaining shells
to him.
The boy very happily kept those shells back in the pocket and went away with his sister.
A servant in the shop was surprised watching all these. He asked the shopkeeper, “Sir, you took the useless seashells and gave away an expensive
doll.”
For that the shopkeeper said, “The young boy does not know that he has to pay
money to buy the doll.”
“For him the shells are precious. If I would have asked for money, he would have changed his thought that money is more precious. I just prevented that. I have given him self confidence that he can buy what his sister asked for. One day when he grows up and thinks of this event, he will think, “This world is full of good people” and good thoughts will come to his mind. He will be loving towards all. The world must be built with love! Love binds everyone in this world.”
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