There once was a village with beautiful gardens, filled with colorful flowers and butterflies. An old man lived there with four married sons and a farm full of vegetables, fruit, chickens and cows. When he died after a life of hard work, his sons took the farm and divided it into fourparts, butit was not enough. They wanted more and more.
The eldest son’s wife said to her husband, “You should take most of the farm because you’re the oldest.”
The youngest son’s wife said to her husband, “You are your father’s boy, so you should get most of the farm because he loved you the most.” The issue remained for months and months until a fox heard about it.
This naughty, deceitful fox came to them and said, “I have an idea but you all have to listen to me first. Give me the farm. I’ll divide it equally, and it will be enough for each one of you.” After a big argument, the three brothers agreed, but the youngest objected. They tried to convince him until he finally said yes.
After six months, the youngest son was walking around the farm, and found that there wasn’t enough food to feed all the animals. So, he asked all his brothers how much money they earned every month from their farms. When they answered, the youngest sonrealized something was wrong. Each brother was earning less and less money each year. The poor four sons looked for the fox, but couldn’t find him anywhere.
They all had another big fight, because now they were finally equal. The brothers had lost everything because of their lust for more and more.
