Tatar parable Three travelers walked along the road past a cemetery. And at that time a crow cawed above their heads. The first traveler exclaimed:
- The crow cawed in my favor!
The second traveler objected:
- No! In mine!
The third one also shouts:
- In my favor!
They argued and argued and quarreled. We went to the village judge. He listened to them and said:
- Come back in a week. I will look at old books and decide in whose favor the crow cawed.
The debaters dispersed. But each of them decided to bribe the judge.
The first traveler has roasted two geese at home and is bringing them to the judge. He took the geese and said:
- Well done! Good girl!
The second traveler took two roast ducks to the judge. The judge took the gifts from him with pleasure.
And the third traveler stood near his house not far from the judge’s office and saw everything.
So in the evening the judge goes home from work with geese and ducks in his hands, sees the third arguer and asks him:
- Why don’t you come to me?
The third debater answers:
“And I already know for whose benefit the crow croaked!”
- Whose?
- To yours, Judge Effendi!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru