do you remember when you're young and you were accidentally given a few extra coins in the change while buying a little snack or toy from the corner shop? And being the virtuous little child, you return the extra amount and the shopkeeper and everyone around beams with pride at the honest little kid while you're secretly chaffed at your amazing mathematical skills.
then you grew up and the few extra coins turn into hundreds of dollars and suddenly the beaming faces change into twisted swirls of agony and little beady eyes with weary wrinkles around the corners. You're no longer the bright honest angel but simply a foolish foolish naïve thing giving away cash that could be yours. The shopkeeper no longer smiles warmly at you but narrows his eyes in suspicion. You little cheater. The story changes.
was it just a superficial moral?
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