The tales of Thought contain the following tales: Tale of love, The jar of gold, The princess of the waters, The property of others, The hat which makes invisible, The tale of the rich man, The king and the barber , The Man and the Devil, The Shirt Adorned with Diamonds, Aslanzate and Zanpolate, The Girl in the Trunk, Brother Lamb, Fear, The Lare Domestic, Laugh Well Who Laughs Last, Talou Orlan, Topal, The Revealing Kite, The Hunter Ahmad, The Dervish and the Daughters, The King's Daughter of China, Pomegranate, Nerso
A poor lumberjack only had his ax.
Being out of work, he decides to go to town as a porter.
He gives his ax to his neighbor.
- Tu veux bien me la garder jusqu’à mon retour ?
- I keep it for you said the neighbor.
The man leaves.
Il revient quelques années plus tard. Il va voir son voisin :
– Neighbor, give me back my ax.
Le voisin répond :
- Your ax, the cat ate it.
- Est-ce possible ? said the lumberjack.
No matter how much he begs, he can't get his ax back.
One night, he slowly walks into the neighbour's house, takes his calf from him and takes it home.
The neighbor sees his calf at the lumberjack.
Here they are both before the judge.
- Pourquoi as-tu volé le veau de ton voisin ?
- I didn't steal it. It was a bird that brought it to me.
- Pauvre fou ! Un oiseau peut-il se saisir d’un veau ?
- Monsieur le juge, puisqu’un chat peut manger une hache, pourquoi un oiseau ne pourrait-il se saisir d’un veau ?
The judge understands the whole case. He has the ax returned to the woodcutter and the calf to the neighbor.
