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A Barrel of Oil and a Cart of Oil

Once upon a time, there was a feeble-minded orphan. When he was about fifteen or sixteen years old, a wealthy man in the village noticed his naivety and said, "Why don't you herd my cattle? You’ll have food and a place to stay at my house." The orphan asked, "What will you pay me?" The wealthy man replied, "I'll give you one cow for each year you work." The orphan thought. That sounds good. I have nowhere else to go anyway. So he agreed to work for the wealthy man. The wealthy man added, "After you're done with all of your working years, I'll pay you all at once." The orphan agreed.

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