An Iraqi folk tale
Translated by: Fateh Kassab
© 2010-2015 Ali Taha Alnobani rights reserved
Juha had a raven once. It flew and landed on a horn of a buffalo. Juha
considered that the buffalo is his now, because it was hunted by his
raven. So he took his buffalo to his barn. When the owner of the
buffalo, Juha's neighbor, knew that, he pressed charges against him to
the judge. But Juha bribed the judge. He gave him a jar of ghee.
The trial ended for
the interest of Juha. So he took buffalo and went home. When the judge
opened the jar he found it full of cattle dung. He wanted to take
revenge, so he sent a policeman to bring Juha. When Juha arrived he saw
that the judge was very angry; so he said: "Did you ever hear that a
lame raven equals two piasters hunts a buffalo that equals one thousand
piasteres? How did you judge for me? And what law did base on to give
such judgment? The bribed judge was so astonished that he could not say a
word. Then Juha returned home and gave the buffalo back to its owner.
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