Slovenčina / B2
Vdova a súdca
Za miestnym sudcom prišla chudobná vdova a smutne mu oznámila, že sa na poli stalo nešťastie. Jej krava vraj rohmi zranila jeho kravu. Žena sa pýtala, ako majú situáciu vyriešiť.
Sudca odpovedal, že treba urobiť to, čo je spravodlivé. Navrhol preto, aby si kravy vymenili: žena dostane jeho zranenú kravu a on si vezme jej zdravú.
„Súdiš naozaj spravodlivo,“ povedala vdova. „Lenže som sa pomýlila. Celú vec som ti opísala naopak. V skutočnosti tvoja krava zranila moju.“
Po tejto oprave už sudca na výmene netrval. Vyhlásil, že aj on sa pomýlil. Svojej krave predsa neprikázal, aby druhú kravu zranila. Podľa neho išlo o náhodu a škodu mal znášať ten, komu vznikla.
Kým sa zdalo, že bola poškodená jeho krava, spravodlivosť podľa neho vyžadovala výmenu. Len čo sa dozvedel, že poškodenou je vdova, tú istú udalosť posudzoval podľa iného pravidla. Jeho rozhodnutie sa zmenilo spolu s tým, koho sa škoda týkala.
English summary · includes the ending
A poor widow goes to the local judge with a problem. She says her cow has injured his cow with its horns in a field. She asks what they should do about it. The judge says they must do what is fair. He decides that they should exchange cows, so he will receive her cow and she will take his injured one.
The widow agrees that his decision is fair, but corrects her account. She has told the story the wrong way round: it was his cow that injured hers.
The judge immediately changes his answer. He says he has also made a mistake. He never ordered his cow to hurt another animal, so this was an accident. The person who suffered the loss must accept it. His idea of fairness changes as soon as he learns whose cow was actually hurt.
Adapted for Lejrbål from the credited source.
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