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The Boatman and the Rich Farmer

One night a farmer was on his way back home on a boat. He traded far and wide. He was very rich and owned many acres of land.

Shortly after the boat set sail, it capsised. He was distressed because he did not know how to swim. At that moment a boatman happened to sail by. The farmer seeing him begged to save him and promised all the land that he had in reward. Seeing the earnestness, the boatman saved him and they sailed together. As they crossed the middle of the river, the farmer offered half of the land and the rest he said would be a bare necessity against his wife's rebukes. The boatman did not reply. Again as they reached near the shore, he offered him the one-fourth of his total land and requested the boatman that he would require only a little for himself. As they reached the bank. The farmer reasoned out and said what could be use of a land to a boatman who spends most of his time in the river and offered him only a coin worth rupees five.

One must never cheat others' toil because the power to pay is a privilege given by God.

One must be careful enough to overcome one's greed.

The farmer requested  boatman:

A)  Painfully                     

B)  Eagerly

C)  Earnestly    

D)  Respectfully

E)  None of these