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    The poor man had three sons and no wealth to leave them when he died. He gave each son an item: a rooster, cat, and scythe, advising them that if they found a place where their item had no equal, they would prosper. The son with the scythe discovered a town that harvested rice inefficiently, so he taught them his scythe's advantages and profited. The rooster's owner found a town without roosters and profited by showing the rooster's use for telling time. The cat's owner demonstrated to a town plagued by rats how his cat eliminated them, gaining an audience with the king who paid handsomely for the cat. Thus all three

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    The poor man had three sons and no wealth to leave them when he died. He gave each son an item: a rooster, cat, and scythe, advising them that if they found a place where their item had no equal, they would prosper. The son with the scythe discovered a town that harvested rice inefficiently, so he taught them his scythe's advantages and profited. The rooster's owner found a town without roosters and profited by showing the rooster's use for telling time. The cat's owner demonstrated to a town plagued by rats how his cat eliminated them, gaining an audience with the king who paid handsomely for the cat. Thus all three

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    The Poor Man and his Three Sons - a primitive

    (Posted under  Filipino Culture )

    Once there lived a poor man who had three sons. When the father was on his death-bed,
    he called his sons, and said to them, “My sons, I shall die very soon; and I shall not be able to
    leave you much wealth, for wealth I have not. But I will give each one of you something which,
    if you will only be able to find a place in which it has no equal, will make you happy men” .
    The father then gave to one a rooster, to another a cat, and to the third a scythe. Then he died.

    The owner of the scythe was the first to try his fortune and test his father’s advice. He
    left his brothers, and went on a journey until he came to a town where he saw the people
    harvesting rice by pulling the stalks out of the ground. He showed the people the convenience
    of the scythe. They were so delighted and astonished, that they offered to give him a large sum
    of money in exchange for the tool. Of course, he was willing to sell it, and he went home a rich
    man.

    The owner of the rooster, seeing the good luck of his brother, next resolved to try his
    fortune with the bird. Like his brother, he travelled until he came to a town where there was no
    rooster. The people were very much interested in the rooster’s crowing, and asked the owner
    why the bird crowed. He said that the bird told the time of day by its crowing. “The first crow
    in the night announces midnight,” he said; “the second, three o’clock in the morning; and the
    third crow announces five o’clock.” The people were very anxious to get the rooster for their
    town, and offered to buy it. The owner was willing, and he returned to his home as rich as his
    brother who had sold the scythe.

    The last brother now set out to try his luck with his cat. At last he came to a town where
    the rats were vexing the people very much. He showed them the use of his cat. With wonder
    the people watched the cat kill the rats, and were astounded to see how the rats fled from this
    strange animal. The news of the cat reached the king, who summoned its owner to the palace.
    The king asked the brother to try his cat on the rats in the palace, and so the cat was turned
    loose. In a short time, all the rats had either been killed or driven away. The king wanted the
    cat, and offered to pay a large sum of money for it. So, the owner of the cat, after the king had
    paid him, went home as rich as his other two brothers.

    Thus, the three brothers became rich, because they followed their father’s wise
    advice: select the right place in which to trade.

    References:

    1. (Narrated by Gregorio Velasquez, a Tagalog from Pasig, Rizal), Filipino Popular Tales,
    Collected and Edited with Comparative Notes by Dean S. Fansler, Ph. D, Lancaster,
    PA, 1921, from The Project Gutenberg EBook.

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