Banker and Farmers

Many years ago, a stranger entered a village. He described his job: a “banker”. It was a word the people never heard of before. He brought a gift to the village the people knew: “money”. But he gave the money in a way the people never heard of before: “loan”. It was easy to take a loan: the pledge of taking a loan was the farm. All the people accepted and took a loan.

It did not rain that year; no rain, no corps. Weaker farmers could not pay back a loan and banker took over the farms. The banker told them, "Don't worry. From today, you are my workers. You don't have to leave the village". But "worker" was a word the people never heard of people. The second year it did not rain, the third year, the fourth year... it did not rain for seven years. Each year, the banker took over the farms of a group of farmers. The banker took over the last farm in April and it rained in May.

Nothing changed. Only farmers became workers! The banker did not allow more changes. They took a loan again. They still had more pledges. They had houses and sheep. A few years later, they were not allowed to eat their eggs. They took a loan again. They still had their hen and rooster!