The Gold Lender of Babylon
In Third Person, this story tells of Rodan, a spearmaker, who received fifty pieces of gold from the king as a gift for making such excellent spears. Rodan seeks out Mathon, a money lender, to ask for monetary advice—what he should do with the money. Mathon happily exclaims that although many people come to ask him for money, nobody comes to ask him for advice, and that Rodan shall be Mathon's guest of honor at dinner that evening. Rodan relates that his sister wishes Rodan to give the gold to her husband, Araman, so that Araman might become a merchant.
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