Greed leads to sin and sin leads to death

Once upon a time there lived three friends in a certain village. One day they set out on a long journey on foot. They promised to help one another if and when any problem arose. One day they had to pass through a jungle. All on a sudden, they saw a bag of gold lying on the ground. They became elated with joy and decided to divide the gold coins equally into three parts so that they each could get an equal share. Meanwhile, they got tired and hungry. Through discussion, they sent one of the friends to the nearby market to fetch some food. While he went for food, the two other friends plotted against him to the effect that he would be killed lest he should be given one-third of the shares. On the other hand, while going for food, he thought to himself that the food should be poisoned so that he alone could get the whole share of the gold coins. He returned with food mixed with poison. No sooner had he returned than the two other friends got him strangulated to ensure his death. They felt contented and sat together to eat the food without any least shadow of doubt about its being poisoned. They started eating the food and in a short time were poisoned to death. The bag of gold remained lying on the ground without anybody being alive to claim the ownership.

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