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In Persia, when Cyrus the Grent was king, boys were taught to tell the truth. This
was one of their first lessons at home and at school."
(None but a coward will tell a falsehood, said the father of
young
Otanes.
Truth is beautiful. Always love it,' said his mother.
When Otanes was twelve years old, his parents wished to send him to study in a
famous school in a distant city. It would be a long journey and a dangerous one. So
it was arranged that the boy should travel with a small company of merchants who
were going to the same plac
Goodbye, Otones! Be always brave and truthful,
' said his father.
'Farewell,
my child! Love that which is beautiful. Despise that which is base, said his
mother,
The little company began its long journey. Some of the men rode on camels some on
horses. They went but slowly, for the sun was hot and the way was rough.
Suddenly, towards the evening, a band of robbers swooped down upon them. The
merchants were not fighting men. They could do nothing but give up all their goods
and money. I
Well
, boy, what have you got?' asked one of the robbers, as he pulled Otanes from his
horse,
Forty pieces of gold,' answered the lad.
The robber laughed. He had never heard of a boy with so much money as that
That is a good story,' he said. Where do you carry your gold?"
it is in my not underneath the lining,' answered Otanes.​

Answer 1

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