The Silver Key

Once on a stormy night, a traveller went to a Dharamshala to seek shelter. He was highly disappointed to find the door locked. When he knocked at the door, the keeper of the Dharamshala called out from inside, “I am sorry I cannot open the door for I have lost the key. However, the door can be unlocked with a silver key. Do you have one?” The traveller, who was quite intelligent, got the hint and pushed a rupee coin under the door. The keeper opened the door and let him in.

As soon as the traveller got inside, he thanked the keeper and requested him to bring in his bag. The moment the keeper stepped outside, the traveller shut the door and locked it. “What is the joke? Please open the door immediately “, shouted the keeper from outside. It is no joke, answered the traveller. I am sorry, I have lost the key. The door can be open with a silver key. The keeper had to push the silver coin under the door. The traveller got his rupee back before he let the dishonest man in.

Moral- As you saw, so shall you reap.