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60. GIVE ME WHATEVER YOU WANT
A certain woman lost her husband and the people who owed him money would not return it to her nor the interest. She asked a friend of her husband to see whether he could do anything to procure all that money. He agreed and asked her how much of the recovered amount he should give her, obviously he had his own commission in his mind. The widow's reply was "Give me whatever you want."
The friend recovered all the dues but gave her only a small pittance which she would not accept. Finally the dispute went to the court of law. The judge asked the man to bring into the court all the money that he had recovered and when it was placed in front of him he divided it into two parts, one fairly big and the other small. The judge then asked the man which portion he would want. The man said that naturally it would be the bigger part. The judge collected the bigger heap and quietly handed it over to the widow and when asked what sort of justice it was, the judge explained that the widow wanted as her share whatever you had said you would want. The judge quoted her exact words "Give me whatever you want."
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