The Silver Key
There was a traveler going to a distant town. When he
reached the town it was almost midnight. He came to an inn, but found it was
locked from inside. He knocked at the door.
“Who are you?” asked a voice from inside the inn. “What
do you want? The door can not be unlocked at such an odd hour”
The traveler needed rest, food, and shelter. He said,
“Please, innkeeper, unlock the door. See, how cold outside!”
“It’s a strange lock and can be opened only with a silver
key.” Replied the innkeeper. The traveler passed a sliver coin through a slit
in the door, got the door unlocked and entered into the inn.
“I have left one of my two bags outside.” Said the
traveler.
“Will you please bring it in?”
No sooner had the innkeeper gone out than the traveler
locked the door from inside. The greedy
innkeeper was now shut out.
He requested the traveler to unlock the door. “I’m
helpless.” Replied the traveler. “it’s strange lock. It can be opened only with
a silver key.”
The innkeeper was obliged to push through the slit with a
silver coin. The traveler got back his rupee and unlocked the door.
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