Two fishes to feed 5000 CC Grauesel |
When the ordered course arrived, at last, it was easy to observe that on the platter there where two fishes; one larger and the second much smaller, both attractively prepared and smelling definitely appetising, sprinkled with fresh parsley. Nasreddin reached out without hesitation and pulled the large fish on his own plate. The distinguished guest and moralist looked at him in consternation and couldn’t contain his righteous observation.
“My dear colleague, isn’t this act selfish and immoral?”
“Why, Maulana, what would you do in my stead?” replied Hodja, looking up from his steaming dish with candid eyes.
“I would have, of course,” said the distinguished scholar, “taken the smaller fish for myself and given the larger one, unselfishly, to my fellow man.”
“And here we are, doing the right thing!” concluded Nasreddin elegantly tossing the small fish into the guest’s plate.
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