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The judge wanted to know the farmer's ways to weigh the butter. The farmer replied, “ I''m so p{#blank#}3{#/blank#} that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it. H {#blank#}4{#/blank#} , I do have a kind of scale (天平).” The judge asked, “Then h {#blank#}5{#/blank#} do you weigh the butter?” The farmer replied, “Before the baker started buying butter from me , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I b {#blank#}6{#/blank#} home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same w{#blank#}7{#/blank#} .”
We always get back what we give to others. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this question, “Am I honest?”
Honesty or dishonesty can become a habit. Some dishonest people can lie w {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a red face. Others lie so m {#blank#}9{#/blank#} that they do not even know what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? In fact, those who lie will hurt t {#blank#}10{#/blank#} by their own dishonest behavior.
