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一天，一个外国马贩来到拉亚国王的宫殿，说自己有一些良驹要卖。国王于是出价购买。马贩预收了5000金币离开了，答应两天之后带着马回来。当天晚上，拉亚看到拉曼正在一张纸上写东西。 "你在写什么呢？”拉亚问。 "我列一下国内最愚蠢的傻瓜的名字。”拉曼说。 国王看到自己的名字排在第一位，很吃惊。“你这是什么意思？'’他问道，“你认为我是个傻瓜?” “任何一个愿意把5000金币给一个陌生人，还期望他回来的人都是傻瓜：”拉曼答道。 “哦，原来是这事让你烦心。"国王说，“你觉得那个人不会回来。但如果他回来了呢？” “那样的话，”拉曼眼睛一亮，"我就把你的名字划掉，换上他的名字。" Raman’s List of Fools One day a horse trader, a foreigner, came to the court of Raya and told him he had some fine horses for sale. The emper¬or offered to buy them. The man took an advance of 5000 gold coins and promising to return with the horses in two days, went away. That evening Raya saw Raman writing on a sheet of paper ** What are you writing?" he asked. “I’m making a list of the greatest fools in the empire. ’’ said Raman. The emperor was astonished to see his own name on the top of the list. “What is the meaning of this?” he deman¬ ded. “You think I am a fool!” “Any man, who would give 5000 gold coins to a stranger and expect him to return, is a fool!” replied Raman. “Oh, so that's what is troubling you,” said the emperor. “You think the man won’t return. What if he does?” “In that case,” said Raman with a twinkle in his eye, “I’ll scratch out your name and put his there.” |
