An Algerian king named Bauakas wanted to find out whether or not it was true, as he had been told, that in one of his cities lived a just judge who could instantly discern the truth, and from whom no rogue was ever able to conceal himself. Bauakas exchanged clothes with a merchant and went on horseback to the city where the judge lived.<\/p>\n
At the entrance to the city a cripple approached the king and begged alms of him. Bauakas gave him money and was about to continue on his way, but the cripple clung to his clothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you wish?\u201d asked the king. \u201cHaven\u2019t I given you money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou gave me alms,\u201d said the cripple, \u201cnow grant me one favor. Let me ride with you as far as the city square, otherwise the horses and camels may trample me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bauakas sat the cripple behind him on the horse and took him as far as the city square. There he halted his horse, but the cripple refused to dismount.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have arrived at the square, why don\u2019t you get off?\u201d asked Bauakas.
\n\u201cWhy should I?\u201d the beggar replied. \u201cThis horse belongs to me. If you are unwilling to return it, we shall have to go to court.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hearing their quarrel, people gathered around them shouting:<\/p>\n
\u201cGo to the judge! He will decide between you!\u201d<\/p>\n
Bauakas and the cripple went to the judge. There were others in court, and the judge called upon each one in turn. Before he came to Bauakas and the cripple he heard a scholar and a peasant. They had come to court over a woman: the peasant said she was his wife, and the scholar said she was his. The judge heard them both, remained silent for a moment, and then said:<\/p>\n
\u201cLeave the woman here with me, and come back tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
When they had gone, a butcher and an oil merchant came before the judge. The butcher was covered with blood, and the oil merchant with oil. In his hand the butcher held some money, and the oil merchant held onto the butcher\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was buying oil from this man,\u201d the butcher said, \u201cand when I took out my purse to pay him, he seized me by the hand and tried to take all my money away from me. That is why we have come to you-I holding onto my purse, and he holding onto my hand. But the money is mine, and he is a thief.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then the oil merchant spoke. \u201cThat is not true,\u201d he said. \u201cThe butcher came to me to buy oil, and after I had poured him a full jug, he asked me to change a gold piece for him. When I took out my money and placed it on a bench, he seized it and tried to run off. I caught him by the hand, as you see, and brought him here to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The judge remained silent for a moment, then said: \u201cLeave the money here with me, and come back tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
When his turn came, Bauakas told what had happened. The judge listened to him, and then asked the beggar to speak.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll that he said is untrue,\u201d said the beggar. \u201cHe was sitting on the ground, and as I rode through the city he asked me to let him ride with me. I sat him on my horse and took him where he wanted to go. But when we got there he refused to get off and said that the horse was his, which is not true.\u201d<\/p>\n
The judge thought for a moment, then said, \u201cLeave the horse here with me, and come back tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
The following day many people gathered in court to hear the judge\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n
First came the scholar and the peasant.<\/p>\n
\u201cTake your wife,\u201d the judge said to the scholar, \u201cand the peasant shall be given fifty strokes of the lash.\u201d<\/p>\n
The scholar took his wife, and the peasant was given his punishment. Then the judge called the butcher.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe money is yours,\u201d he said to him. And pointing to the oil merchant he said: \u201cGive him fifty strokes of the lash.\u201d<\/p>\n
He next called Bauakas and the cripple.<\/p>\n
\u201cWould you be able to recognize your horse among twenty others?\u201d he asked Bauakas.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you?\u201d he asked the cripple.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would,\u201d said the cripple.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome with me,\u201d the judge said to Bauakas.<\/p>\n
They went to the stable. Bauakas instantly pointed out his horse among the twenty others. Then the judge called the cripple to the stable and told him to point out the horse. The cripple recognized the horse and pointed to it. The judge then returned to his seat.<\/p>\n
\u201cTake the horse, it is yours,\u201d he said to Bauakas. \u201cGive the beggar fifty strokes of the lash.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the judge left the court and went home, Bauakas followed him.
\n\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d asked the judge. \u201cAre you not satisfied with my decision?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am satisfied,\u201d said Bauakas. \u201cBut I should like to learn how you knew that the woman was the wife of the scholar, that the money belonged to the butcher, and that the horse was mine and not the beggar\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is how I knew about the woman: in the morning I sent for her and said: \u2018Please fill my inkwell.\u2019 She took the inkwell, washed it quickly and deftly, and filled it with ink; therefore it was work she was accustomed to. If she had been the wife of the peasant she would not have known how to do it. This showed me that the scholar was telling the truth.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd this is how I knew about the money: I put it into a cup full of water, and in the morning I looked to see if any oil had risen to the surface. If the money had belonged to the oil merchant it would have been soiled by his oily hands. There was no oil on the water; therefore, the butcher was telling the truth.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was more difficult to find out about the horse. The cripple recognized it among twenty others, even as you did. However, I did not take you both to the stable to see which of you knew the horse, but to see which of you the horse knew. When you approached it, it turned its head and stretched its neck toward you; but when the cripple touched it, it laid back its ears and lifted one hoof. Therefore I knew that you were the horse\u2019s real master.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then Bauakas said to the judge: \u201cI am not a merchant, but King Bauakas, I came here in order to see if what is said of you is true. I see now that you are a wise judge. Ask whatever you wish of me, and you shall have it as reward.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI need no reward,\u201d replied the judge. \u201cI am content that my king has praised me.\u201d<\/p>\n
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