Part Payment

Dr. Jean had his morning stroll in his garden. His eyes landed on a curious looking plant behind a bush. He saw a few pods at the top and plucked one. As he opened it,his eyes widened. Inside was a hundred dollar bill neatly rolled. Yes,a dollar growing plant! The other pods too yielded the same result. His joy knew no bounds. 

Being a genetics man of renown, he got an idea and set to work.He travelled to his far off farmland, selected one of the thousands of a fast growing plants, transferred the genes from the original plant into the latter carefully. He then destroyed the original plant to avoid nosy parkers. The result might show in six months. A few weeks later. pods appeared in the new plants also. Yes! Dr. Jean would become a billionaire overnight! Maybe his family could join the space club.

 

Six months rolled by.That night he could not sleep; next morning he would check on the new pods. In the farmland, thousands of pods were waiting. He carefully opened a large one. His heart skipped beat. He could see only the reverse side of the hundred dollar bill. The obverse was totally blank. A number of other pods yielded the same result. Poor Dr. Jean. Where was the mistake - in transcription or translation? Alas, the original plant was not there to check.

Dr.M.R.V.Krishnan -