Two boys were selling fish in the marketplace. The business was very dull.
At last, a customer came. He went to the first boy and enquired the
price of the fish.
“It’s 100 rupees per kilo, Sir,” said the boy.
The customer just glanced at the second boy and realized that he was
also selling the same variety of fish. Hoping to get a better bargain
from him, he moved on to him and enquired his price.
Without any hesitation the second boy said, “It’s just 500 rupees per kilo.”
“ What ! 500 rupees per kilo ! You are demanding 5 times the price of
what the other fellow is demanding, and that too for the same kind of
fish. It’s atrocious !”
“ No, it’s not the same kind of fish. It might appear so, but it is a
special kind of fish.”
“What’s so special about it?”, the customer became curious.
“ It’s an intelligent fish and makes one who eats it regularly
intelligent, too. That’s why it’s costlier than the other fish.”
“ I see, then it’s worth buying. Let me try it.”
He bought a kilo of the fish, paying the hefty price of 500 rupees. He
bought the fish regularly for the next six days at that exorbitant
price with the fond hope of improving his intelligence.
Did it improves his intelligence ? Unfortunately, no.
At the end of the week, he realized that he had been taken for a ride
by that smart alec fish-monger.
Furious at being cheated like that, he wanted to settle scores with that fellow.
The next day, he went straight to that boy and demanded to know
whethre he still sold that “"intelligent fish” ?
“Of course, yes,” replied that unsuspecting guy.
“You bloody liar. Your “intelligent fish” is a big hoax. I have been
eating it for the past 7 days, but not a speck of improvement in my
intelligence. You have cheated me. Return my money, or else I’ll call
the police now.”
Without batting an eyelid, the young rogue said,” Look, when I said it
is an “intelligent fish”, a week ago, you didn't object to it. Now,
within a week, you have become intelligent enough to find out that it
can’t be an intelligent fish. Very good improvement. Isn’t it? Keep
taking more of it, and you’ll become even more intelligent!”
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