Do not grab other’s land for your needs | short bedtime story
Allen owned an money interest shop in a village. All the poor and simple people living in the village used to go to Allen and buy money if they had any financial difficulties.
Allen also paid them unfair interest. Knowing that Allen was paying unjust interest, the people had no choice but to buy money from Allen himself.
Allen’s friend’s name is Antony. Antony, who lives in the same village, was in the tamarind business. He took tamarind to the village and traded in bundles.
Antony is a good worker. He went to all the towns without even a day’s rest and made a lot of money doing business.
One day Antony went home in search of Allen. At home Allen was bedridden as he was suffering from stomach upset.
When he saw Antony, he got out of bed and sat up, then said, “Friend! For a month I often had diarrhoea and became unwell. No matter how many treatments I did, my illness was not cured.
I do not know what is causing this disease.” When Antony heard that, he said, “Friend! I know why you get sick so often.”
Allen “Friend! What are you saying? Have you found the cause of my illness?.” He asked eagerly.
Antony immediately replied, “Friend! Aren’t you unjustly taking interest money from the poor people of this town and living richly on that money! You often get diarrhoea because you grow your stomach as if you have snatched away the hard-earned money of people in the name of interest.
Like I do in the tamarind business, if you do some work and live a life of physical exertion and sweating, you will not get this kind of disease.”
Allen changed his mind when he heard that. He regretted his mistake and helped the villagers without any interest. He started doing business on his own, with the money he had.
Justice: We have to live by physical labor instead of collecting interest unjustly.