The Qazi’s Justice

Once a just Qazi lived in Baghdad. One day a strange case was put before him. Three brothers came to him and said,
”out father is dead. Before his death, he said that, half of his property would be given to the eldest brother. The second brother must receive one fourth of his property and the youngest must be given one sixth of it. We have divided al1 the ­property this way. But we have eleven camels. How can we divide them?"

The Qazi went to the three brother's house and said, "Do you mind if I add my camel to your herd?"

"No, we don't," they replied.

Now, there were twelve camels. So the Qazi gave half of the camels to the eldest, which is six camels. Then the second brother received one fourth, which is three camels. Finally the third brother got one sixth of twelve camels, ­which is two camels. Then the Qazi took back his own camel. The brothers thanked the Qazi, for his just decision.

80. Tit For Tat
One day, a mango vendor stopped near a paan shop and thought, "Oh! I want to eat a paan, but I don't have any money with me."
By then, the paan seller had also seen the mango vendor. He thought, "Oh! Such lovely mangoes. I wish I could eat one of those juicy ones."

So the paan seller shouted out to him, "Hey, will you exchange a mango for a paan?"

The mango vendor agreed. But the paan seller took some rotten betel leaves and made a tiny paan. He gave it the mango vendor. When the mango vendor asked for chuna, he replied, "Go and rub the paan against the wall to get chuna."

The mango vendor realized that he was being cheated. He gave a green mango to the paan seller. On seeing the green mango, the paan seller said, "Give me a yellow mango."

The mango vendor replied, "Rub your mango against that yellow painted wall and you'll get your yellow mango."