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BARTER,
IMAGINE THAT YOU OWN AN APPLE ORCHARD
IN THE HILL COUNTRY THAT PRODUCES THE CRISPEST,
SWEETEST IN THE ENTIRE AREA OF THE PROVINCE. You work so hard
in your orchard that your shoes wear out? So you harness up your donkey cart and head
to the market town down by the river! Your neighbour told you that a shoemaker on the south end
of the marketplace made him a really sturdy pair of boots that's lasted him through five seasons?! You find
the shoemaker's shop & offer to barter some of your apples in exchange for the shoes you need! The shoemaker
hesitates: how many apples should he ask for payment? Every day he encounters dozens of customers, a few of whom
bring along sacks of apples, while others carry wheat, goats or cloth - all of varying quality...... Still others offer their expertise
in petitioning the king or curing backaches. The last time the shoemaker exchanged shoes for apples was three months ago,
and back then he asked for three sacks of apples. Or was it four? But come to think of it, those apples were sour valley
apples, rather than prime hill apples. On the other hand, on that previous occasion, the apples
were given in exchange for small women's shoes. Thìs fellow is asking for man-
size boots. Besides, in recent weeks a disease has decimated
the flocks around town, and skins are becoming scarce!?
The tanners áre starting to demand twice
as many finished shoes in exchange
for the same quantity of
leather. Shouldn't thàt
àlsó be taken into
consideration?

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