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All that glitters is not gold
I remember once on my birthday , my dad gifted me some coin shaped chocolates which were wrapped with a beautiful golden paper and I thought that he has gifted gold coins to me . I innocently asked him , " Hey Papa , thankyou for this lovely gift but what should I do with these gold coins?" To which he replied , " Beta , these are not gold coins , these are just chocolates which you love eating wrapped with a golden paper . I replied , "Oh , so these are chocolates wrapped with a golden paper ? But why would anyone wrap chocolates with a golden paper ? To which his answer was , " Because most of the people in this country love gold . It gives them a sense of pride when they wear something which is made up of gold or even for that matter looks like gold . Wrapping chocolates with a golden paper is just a way of attracting more people so that they buy these chocolates ." I immediately asked him , " But doesn't it create a false impression in other's minds ? Is it okay to do so? " And my dad's response to that...