The Merchant's Son?!


Question: A wealthy merchant has a very lazy son. Finally fed up with him, he goes to his son and gives him a single coin.

"What is this?" the son asks.

"This is a single gold coin. I want you to go to the market and buy something for us to eat, to drink, to plant in the garden, and to feed our cow. But you may only have this one coin. If you can't do it, don't come home!" His father replied.

His son went on his way to the market, in tears that he would never go home. A single coin can't buy four things! As he was walking, a woman working in a field called him over and asked him what was wrong. He told her his plight and after a moment of thinking, she told him what to do. The merchant's son thanked her and continued to town. When he returned home that night, he surprised his father with the four things he had asked for, yet he only bought ONE thing.

What did the merchants son buy? (one object)


Answers: A wealthy merchant has a very lazy son. Finally fed up with him, he goes to his son and gives him a single coin.

"What is this?" the son asks.

"This is a single gold coin. I want you to go to the market and buy something for us to eat, to drink, to plant in the garden, and to feed our cow. But you may only have this one coin. If you can't do it, don't come home!" His father replied.

His son went on his way to the market, in tears that he would never go home. A single coin can't buy four things! As he was walking, a woman working in a field called him over and asked him what was wrong. He told her his plight and after a moment of thinking, she told him what to do. The merchant's son thanked her and continued to town. When he returned home that night, he surprised his father with the four things he had asked for, yet he only bought ONE thing.

What did the merchants son buy? (one object)
A watermelon.
Eat the flesh, drink the juice, plant the seeds, and feed the cow the rinds.
An Apple


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