EXPENSIVE CLAY BALLS

A young man walking down the beach found an old gunny bag lying by the rocks. Out of curiosity he opened the bag and found that it contained small balls “made of Clay. They looked crude and hardened. He thought that probably some children had moulded some clay and then left it to dry in the sun. Although they didn’t seem to be of much use the man carried the bag with him. He sat on the sand by the water and  kept throwing one of the mud balls into the sea once

in a while. The clay balls made a splash and disappeared into the water.

One of the balls hit a rock and rolled back to where he was sitting. As he picked it up he realised that it had cracked and something gleamed through the crack. He split it open further and found a beautiful precious stone inside. Excited, he opened the hag and cracked open every single ball inside and each one had a precious stone that was perhaps worth thousands of dollars.

Just then it dawned on him that he had indeed come across invaluable treasure. He was also shocked when he realised that he had thrown most of the halls out into the sea not realizing that each one was so valuable. He had considered them as useless clay balls and

thrown them away when they actually were invaluable...

treasure lle deeply regretted his judgment which

w as based on the outer appearance of the halls.