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The story about a judge

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Once there lived a judge (судья). His name was Sheba. The king of the country heard so much about Judge Sheba that one day he said,

"Everybody says that Sheba is the cleverest judge of my country. I want to see him myself."

The king put on some poor clothes, took a horse and went to the town where the judge lived. On the way to the town he met a man. The man had no horse and had to walk. "Poor man," thought the king, "the day is.so hot, it is so far from the town, and he has to walk."

"My man," said the king, "we can ride my horse together."

The man was happy, thanked the king, and they went to the town together. When they came to the town, the man said that the horse was his.

"No, this is my horse," said the king, "and if you say that this is your horse, we shall go to Judge Sheba, and he will decide whose horse it is."

("Now I shall see how clever Judge Sheba is," he thought.)

When they came to the judge, they had to wait for their turn. The judge had some other cases (дело). The first was a case of a teacher and a farmer. They brought a slave with them, and each man said that the slave was his. Judge Sheba lis­tened to them, and told them to leave the slave with him and to come back next morning.

The second was a case of an oilman (продавец масла) and a worker.

"Oh, clever Judge," cried the oilman, "this man took my money from me. He came to my shop this morning. At that moment I had a gold coin in my hand, he quickly took my coin and put it into his pocket."

"Do not listen to him, my Judge," cried the worker angrily. "I came to his shop to buy some oil, and when I told him that I had a gold coin in my pocket, he said that it was his coin."

"Very well," said Judge Sheba, "give this gold coin to me and come back tomorrow."

Then the judge asked the king and the man to tell him about their case. When they told him their story, the judge asked them to leave the horse with him and come back next morning.

Next morning the king and the man came back to Judge Sheba. The teacher and the farmer, the oilman and the worker were already there.

Judge Sheba gave the slave to the teacher, the gold coin to the worker, and punished the oilman and the farmer. Then he turned to the king and the man and said, "You must come to my stable (конюшня). There are many horses there and you must show me your horse."

They went to the stable. The king and the man showed him the same horse.

"Very well," said the judge to the king, "you take back your horse, and I shall punish the other man."

The king said, "Now I can see that you are a great and clever judge. You are right, it is my horse and the man wanted to steal it from me. I am your king and I want to know why you think that the slave belongs to the teacher, and the coin to the worker."

"Oh, my King," said the judge. "That was easy. I took the slave to my house in the evening and asked him to make some ink for me. He did it very well, so I knew that he was the teacher's servant but not the farmer's. The case of the gold coin was easy too. I put this coin into very hot water and saw that there was no oil in the water. So I knew that the oilman, whose hands were all dirty with oil, never had this coin in his hands."

"It was very clever of you," said the king, "but how did you know that it was my horse and not the other man's? We both recognized the horse."

"Yes," smiled the judge, "you both recognized the horse but the horse recognized only you."

1. The king put on poor clothes because

a) he wanted to see the judge.

b) he wanted to travel.

c) he didn't want to make his clothes dirty.

d) he didn't want people to recognize him.

2. The king took the man on his horse because

a) he felt sorry for him.

b) he wanted to travel with him.

c) he wanted to take him to the judge.

d) he wanted to give him the horse.

3. The king had to wait because

a.) the judge was sleeping.

b) the judge had another case.

c) the judge had two other cases.

d) the judge was having dinner.

4. The judge told everybody to come next
morning because

a) he wanted to check something.

b) he wanted to punish them.

c) he wanted to have a rest.

d) he was busy.

5. The judge punished.

a) the teacher, the farmer and the oilman.

b) the farmer, the man and the king.

c) the man, the worker and the oilman.

d) the farmer, the oilman and the man.

 


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