Race For Innocence
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An old woman was robbed in the street. “Help! Help! Stop the robber!” she shouted.
A passer-by heard her and ran after the robber. He caught the man but the latter threw away his booty, turned around and accused him of being the robber. Both were taken to the local magistrate, Fu Rong.
As the incident took place after dark, the woman could not identify which one of the two men was the robber. Magistrate Fu Rong chuckled after he heard the case.
“I want the two of you to run from here to the city gate. I want to see who is the first to get there.”
When the race was over, he said to the slower runner, “You are the robber. If you were faster, you would not have been caught.”
The man pleaded guilty.
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Wise Proverbs
- Lies have short legs.
- 谎言站不长。
- Evil will be recompensed with evil.
- 恶有恶报。
- One good return deserves another.
- 善有善报。
Editor Says:
A deceptively simple solution.