rite a short story in about 200-250 words on the basis of the hints provided.
shopkeeper bought milk, ghee, butter and khoya from a farmer...sold them to customers...the farmer would buy a lot of
provisions from the shopkeeper in return...this went on for years...one day the shopkeeper just casually checked the weight of
the farmer's supplies... to his shock, each 1 kg. packet weighed only 900 grams...he was furious...took up the matter with the
farmer....farmer replied "I don't have weighing scales at home. I use one of the packets of the stuff I buy from you as a standard
thinking it must be of one kilogramme".... The shopkeeper felt ashamed.
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Answer:
Following is the story based on the hints which you have mentioned,
Explanation:
There was once a farmer who used to earn his livelihood by the sale of the goods which he grew from the Earth. He was much fond with his small little cottage like house, his cattle and his lands which his forefathers had left him behind.
He had good ties with a shopkeeper who used to buy his goods from time to time. The shopkeeper would often take out time to personally visit his friend, the farmer, and purchase items like fresh milk, ghee, butter and khoya, i.e. the make of the farmers wife.
The shopkeeper bought quite well in commodity from the farmer and would then sell these items in his shop, to customers from near and far.
The farmer would get provisions from the shopkeeper in return for these fresh goods. Such a system of barter had been going on between the family of these two proprietors for decades, now.
One day one of the customers came back returning an item he had purchased. The customer complained that the shopkeeper was committing fraud with the customers. He didn't know what the customer referred to, so he took up the packet of ghee and weighed it.
To his astonishment the packet weighed less than what it was supposed to. He checked the other packets casually, but was shocked to witness that most packets which were supposed to weigh 1 kg, weighted only 900 grams. He felt cheated and took off to meet the farmer at once.
Upon reaching the farmers house, he yelled for the farmer who came out rushing and when confronted about his misdeeds, the farmer replied that, "I would never cheat you my dear friend. But yes, it is true that I do not have weighing scales at home. In fact I use your packets of the stuff I buy from you as a standard thinking it must be of one kilogram."
The shopkeeper felt ashamed, when he thought of how his misdoings came infront of him in such a manner that not only was he disappointed in himself but because embarrassed infront of his friend too.