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Lateral thinking !!!!

















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Many years ago in a
small Indian village,





A
farmer had the misfortune 0f owing a large sum of money to a
village moneylender






The
Moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's
beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain






He
said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter.
Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal






So
the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter






He
told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an
empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from
the bag






1) If
she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt
would be forgiven






2)
If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's
debt would still be forgiven






3) But
if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be
thrown into jail






They
were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field.
As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles.
As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had
picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag.






He
then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag.






Now,
imagine that you were standing in the field. What would you
have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what
would you have told her?






Careful
analysis would produce three possibilities:






1. The
girl should refuse to take a pebble






2.
The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag And expose
the money-lender as a cheat.






3.
The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save
her father from his debt and imprisonment.






Take
a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used to
make us appreciate the difference between
lateral and logical thinking






What
would you recommend to the girl to do?






Well,
here is what she did ....




It
is only that we don't attempt to think.
































































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