Gold Coins And A Selfish Man

By Shreya Sharma

This is one of the best acts of kindness

stories for children. Once upon a time, there
lived a greedy and selfish man named David.
He always wished to have loads and loads of
money and never hesitated to cheat on others
to make money. David never desired to share
anything with any of his family and friends. He
used to pay very low wages to his workers.
One day, a small bag full of gold coins was
missing. The bag contained 50 gold coins in it.
David became restless and became very
worried. He searched inside and out for the
bag, but all in vain. David’s friends and
neighbors decided to help him. However, they
could not find it.

After a few days, a ten-year-old daughter

named Tina found the bag. Tina was the
daughter of one of the workers of David. As she
saw the bag, she immediately ran to his father
and told him about the same. Her father at once
identified the missing bag. He decided to give it
back to the rightful owner. So, he went to his
master.

He delivered the bag back to David and asked

him to check whether the bag had 50 gold
coins. David was overjoyed to get the coins bag
back. Because of his greedy nature, he decided
to play a trick with his poor worker.
He screamed 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! You are a thief.” The worker was shocked
to hear this. The poor man pleaded for his
innocence. The worker told the whole story in
his defense. But, David did not accept his story
and decided to take the matter to the court.

The judge was known for his intelligence. He

patiently 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. The judge then cross-
questioned David. To that, David answered,
“Yes my lord, I had 75 gold coins in my bag but
they have refunded me only 50. Therefore, it is
quite clear that they have stolen 25 coins!”
The judge then examined, “Are you sure the
missing bag had 75 coins?” To this, David
nodded firmly. The clever judge knew that
David was lying. Everyone in that place knew
about David and his nature. Soon, the judge
made his judgment.
“Since David lost a bag that had 75 gold coins
and the bag found by Tina had just 50 coins, it
is obvious that the bag that was found does not
belong to David. It was lost by someone else. If
anyone finds a bag of 75 gold coins, I will
declare that it belongs to David. As there are no
complaints about the loss of 50 coins, I order
the girl and his father to take those 50 coins as
a token of appreciation for their honesty!”
MORAL OF THE STORY: HONESTY WILL
ALWAYS BE REWARDED WHILE THE
GREED IS MEANT TO BE PUNISHED.
Here is a short visual depiction of one of
the acts of kindness stories “Gold Coins
And A Selfish Man”.
Prayer of St. Francis

Lord make Me an instrument of Your peace

Where there is hatred let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness joy.
O Divine master grant that I may
Not so much seek to be consoled as to console
To be understood, as to understand.
To be loved. as to love
For it's in giving that we receive
And it's in pardoning that we are pardoned
And it's in dying that we are born...
To eternal life.
Aaamen...