Once upon a time, there lived a very rich man in a village. He was also very greedy and miserly person. He always used to think of becoming wealthier. However he was good at heart. Whenever he met someone needing help (not financially though!!), he used to help the person.
On one day, while he was going somewhere, he heard a voice of a person calling for help. On further investigation, he saw that a man had fallen inside a well. Without thinking anything else, he extended his hand for pulling the man out of the well. But he was unable to reach anywhere near to man as the well was a bit too deep. He started to bend little downwards in order to reach the man. Still, he was unable to reach the man. He kept on bending further and further. While he was bending more and more, he lost balance and he too fell inside the well. By this time, a lot of people had gathered around the well. They all started trying to help both men. Somebody found a rope and threw it inside the well. People started shouting, "Give your hand, give your hand!!!!" The miser man thought that he can not give anything to anyone and he shouted back, "I won't give my hand." Now everyone got confused due to the miser's reactions.
Meanwhile, the second person came out of the well with the help of rope. He knew that the miser man was not a bad human, and he started thinking of saving the miser. During that time, a wise saint also came there on seeing such a big crowd. Seeing him, the man asked the saint, "Oh saint, please help us. There is this miser man, who while trying to help me, himself fell inside the well. Now he is not giving his hand for us to pull him out." The saint said, "You should not ask him to give his hand. He might be a good human being but he is also a miser. You should have used different words for communicating the same message." The man did not understand this and requested the saint to help him. The saint came near the well and looked inside. Then he threw the rope towards the miser and said, "Take this rope!!" The miser thought, 'This saint is very generously donating me a rope. If he is giving me the rope for free, I should take it.' He immediately grabbed the rope. People then pulled him out of the well and he was saved. Everyone praised the saint for using different words for communicating the same message to the miser for saving his life.
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