A Jew who mixed with the Gentiles, had given up everything in order to carry favour with them. Once when he was invited to the prince, an enemy of his put some boys to jeer at him and call out, “Jew, Jew.” When he heard it, the man threw some gold pieces to them. Asked by the prince why he had done so he told him the story of a man who had squandered all his fortune and was left with one pearl. This he had pledged with a man from whom he borrowed various sums. At last the man said he preferred to buy the pearl for he could not lend any more on it. The other refused to part with it, for he wanted to be known as the owner of the pearl. Similarly he, the Jew, had squandered everything left him by his parents and he was glad to have been reminded that he was still the owner of the pearl, i. e., a Jew. For that he rewarded them. He then returned to his faith.