[nukkad] The Baker and the Farmer

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Every man is the son of his own works. -Miguel de Cervantes, 
novelist (1547-1616)
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The Baker and the Farmer ~

A baker in a little country town bought the butter he
used from a nearby farmer. One day he suspected that
the bricks of butter were not full pounds, and for
several days he weighed them. 
He was right. They were short weight, and he had the
farmer arrested. 

At the trial the judge said to the farmer, "I presume
you have scales?" 

"No, your honor." 

"Then how do you manage to weigh the butter you sell?"
inquired the judge. 

The farmer replied, "That's easily explained, your
honor. I have balances and for a weight I use a
one-pound loaf I buy from the baker." 


Leroy Brownlow
Making the Most of Life
Brownlow Publishing Company

 








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