Passage 43

In English

While showing such affection to this goat, he was sitting under a tree and relaxing when a group of people were passing that way. Among those passers-by was one individual who knew the value of diamonds. This person was a diamond merchant, and he quickly realised the value of the diamond tied round the neck of the goat. He recognised the fact that this stone was worth several of . He thought that poor shepherd boy would not know the value of the stone and he offered him ten in return for the diamond. The shepherd boy said that this bright stone was very beautiful round the neck of the goat, and that he was not going to part with it. The diamond merchant tempted him and offered him a hundred . The shepherd boy thought that with a hundred he could buy a hundred such stones and tie each stone around the neck of each goat and he agreed to part with the stone for a hundred .