The - Shopkeeper

Leo left with the axle. A week later, he returned—not only with payment, but with a basket of apples from his first successful delivery run. He had fixed the cart properly, and his business was thriving.

"But I asked for rope," Leo stammered.

She led him to the back of the shop. Instead of rope, she handed him a spare iron axle—a piece that had sat in her stockroom for three years, gathering dust. "Take this. Pay me when you can." the shopkeeper