One day a banker was counting his money. He discovered there was way too little of it, so he invented some more, to make up the difference between his desire and his actual state, and he told the bank a story why this was good for the bank.
One day a man sold stories about the bank, to lead more people to trust the bank. This brought more money in the bank, that was used to create more money. As a reward for his work he was given some apples.
One day the banker, believed the wrong story and lost all the money in the bank. The state helped him to recover the bank, when he told a story why this was essential. To do so the poor man was fired, and taxed. And he was told a story to hide the difference between what was fair and what really happened.
One day the now poor man was counting his apples. He discovered he had to few to feed his family. So invented a story to hide the difference between his desire and the facts. His family noticed it very much as their belly started rumbling for lack of food, although the stories helped to dampen the misery.
Comment of the sage: One needs sages in banks, to keep the money real.
Comment of the fool: As real as too little apples to feed a family?
