There was a person who had so much debt. He owed practically everyone in the village something. Every day some people came and wanted him to repay the debt, but he always said, "Cannot! Please come again." One day when he came back home, many of his creditors were sitting all over the place -- on the steps, outside the staircase, inside the house and all that. So he came to one person who sat outside in the sun, the most distance from the house and said, very, very whispering-like in his ear, "Please come back tomorrow, early, around seven in the morning."

That person was very happy -- oh! ho! -- and went back home. Afterwards, all the other creditors got nothing from him and they also left for home.

The next day that person came very early, about seven o'clock in the morning. He just sat there and waited, sat in the living room now, with the ones who had debts having given him water and things like that. He sat for a long time, and nothing happened. So he said to the one who owed money, "Didn't you tell me yesterday to come early? I thought you wanted to repay me or something, but did not want to let other people know. Is that not so? How come you haven't talked about it yet?"

So the one who owed money said, "Oh, yesterday I saw you were sitting in the sun and very far away, so I told you to come early so you would have a better seat. That's all. Well, if you have to wait all day, you might as well sit in the cool shade, ah?"