Robert was on his way with the caravan. When they were passing through a desert a band of robbers attacked them. They started robbing the money and precious belongings of the travellers. A robber also came to Robert and asked him, “What do you have?” He replied, “I have forty gold coins.” The robber asked, “Where are the coins?” He promptly replied that my mother sewed them in my shirt. The robber took him to his chief. The chief asked the same questions and the truthful boy replied with the same answers. The chief said to show him the money, and he obeyed. The chief and his gang were surprised. The chief said, “Boy, why did you not tell a lie that you have no money?” Robert told him that it was his mother’s advice to always speak the truth. This had a deep effect on the chief. He started feeling shame. He said, “Alas, I do not obey the commands of God while this little boy follows the advice of his mother”
The chief decided to be a good man. He made up his mind that he would always follow the right path. He even disbanded his gang. He returned all the money of the caravan. The robbers thanked Robert for taking them out from a wicked life. Thus, his truthfulness changed gang of robbers into good citizens. He grew up to be a great man.