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completely blind. Many physicians came to see her but could not cure
Why did the old
her of her blindness. The old woman felt very sad. The old woman woman feel sad?

announced that she would give a huge reward to the person who could
restore her eyesight.

One day, there was a man at the old woman’s house. “I am a physician from a far off land.

I have a special ointment that can cure you. I can make you see again in about a month’s
time,” said the man.

“If you restore my eyesight, within a month, I will give you a huge reward. But if you fail to
make me see, I will give you nothing. Is that okay?” said the woman.

The physician agreed to this. Every morning, he visited the old woman and applied an

ointment in her eyes. It was no medicine at all. But before leaving, he quietly stole a thing

or two from her house. This went on for two weeks. After he had stolen many things, he
decided to start his treatment. He applied some medicine in her eyes for a few days and

cured her well within a month. “I have restored your eyesight. You can see clearly now.
Now pay me the money you had promised,” said the physician. The old woman could see

well now. But when she looked around, she found many things in her house missing. She

was sure that the physician had stolen them because no one else visited her. She wanted
to teach him a lesson.

When the physician came to the old woman’s house and asked her to
What was the agreement
give him his reward, she said, “I am still blind. I can’t see anything. between the old woman
and the physician?
Unless you restore my vision, I will not pay you anything.” The

physician was very angry to hear this. He was sure he had cured her
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