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A stupid man was sent by his father
to sell salt. He first went to a mining area but nobody there wanted his salt.
When he returned home, his father told him that if he had helped the miners to
dig, they would have bought his salt.
The man next went to a house where a
wedding was taking place. There he dug a huge hole. This made the people angry
and they chased him away. When he returned home, his father told him that if he
had beaten a drum and danced instead, the people there would have bought salt
from him.
Then, he went to a village where
there happened to be a fire. Rushing to the place, he started drumming and
dancing, only to be thrown out by the people. His father told him that he
should have poured water on the fire instead, if he wanted to sell salt there.
In the next place he went to, a
couple were fighting with each other. The foolish man poured a bucketful of
water on them, again to be chased away. His father later told him that he
should have tried to settle the quarrel, in which case they would have bought
salt from him.
