A man with his donkey carrying two sacks of wheat was on his way to the market. After a little while he was tired and they rested under a tree. When he woke up from his nap he could not see the donkey and started searching for the donkey everywhere. On the way he met a boy,...
he asked the boy, "Have you seen my donkey?" The boy asked, "Is the donkey's left eye blind, his right foot lame and is he carrying a load of wheat?" The man was happy and said, "Yes, exactly! Where have you seen it?" the boy answered "I haven't seen it." This made the man very angry and he took the boy to the village chief for punishment.
The judge asked, "Dear boy, if you had not seen at the donkey, how could you describe it?" The boy answered, "I saw the tracks of a donkey and the right and left tracks were different from this I understood that the donkey that passed there was limping. And the grass on the right side of the road was eaten but the grass on the left was not. From that I understood that his left eye was blind. There were wheat seeds scattered on the ground and I understood that he must have been carrying a load of wheat. The judge understood the boy's cleverness and told the man to forgive the boy.
از پسر پرسید:"خر مرا ندیدی؟" پسر جواب داد:"آیا چشم چپش کور بود و پای راستش لنگ بود و خورجینی از گندم حمل میکرد؟" مرد خوشحال شد و گفت:"بله دقیقا.کجا او را دیده ای؟" پسر جواب داد:"من خر را ندیدم!" این حرف پسر ،مرد را خیلی عصبانی کرد و پسر را برای تنبیه نزد کدخدای ده برد.
قاضی پرسید:"پسر عزیز، اگر تو خر را ندیده بودی،چطور توانستی توصیفش کنی؟" پسر گفت:" من ردپای خر را دیدم که اثر لنگیدن روی آن بود،و علف های سمت راست جاده خورده شده بود ولی علفهای سمت چپ دست نخورده بود.از آن فهمیدم که چشم چپش کور بود.دانه های گندم روی زمین ریخته شده بود و فهمیدم کیسه ای از گندم حمل میکرد.قاضی پی به هوش پسر برد و از مرد خواست پسر را ببخشد