There lived three friends in a village. One day one of the
three friends planned to steal a bag of gold from a house. The second friend,
at once agreed to the proposal but the third friend at first did not agree.
After a while, he agreed to divide them equally into three parts so that they
each may get an equal share of the gold coins. Meanwhile, they got tired and
hungry. Through negotiation, they sent one of the friends to the nearby market
to fetch some food. While he went for food, the two other friends planned to
kill him lest he should be given one-third of the shares. On the other hand,
while going for food, he thought to himself that the food should be poisoned so
that he alone could get the whole share of the gold coins. He returned with
food mixed with poison. No sooner had he returned the two other friends killed
him. They felt contented and sat together to eat. They ate and were poisoned to
death. The bag of gold remained to lay on the ground without anybody alive to
claim to ownership.