A Pound of Butter
There was a
farmer who sold a pound of butter to a baker. One day the baker decided to
weigh the butter to see if he was getting the right amount, which he wasn't.
Angry about this, he took the farmer to court.
The judge
asked the farmer if he was using any measure to weigh the butter. The farmer
replied, "Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper measure, but I do
have a scale".
The judge
asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?"
The farmer
replied: "Your Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me,
I have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker
brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter.
If anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker."
Moral of the story: In life, you get what you give. Don't
try to deceive others.