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32   Justice

The Farmer and the Fox

1A Farmer who bore a grudge against a Fox for stealing his poultry succeeded in his capture.
2Upon his fate, the Fox did say:
3Fair thee Farmer, for I be the one culpable and you be my swift executioner.
4Yet the Farmer did not seek to simply kill the Fox but to exact revenge by burning him alive.
5The Farmer tied a rope covered in oil around the tail of the Fox and set it alight.
6The Fox upon seeing the intention of his fate did cry out:
7Oh cruel Farmer! There be no justice in such torment and fate shall surely be my judge.
8Thereupon the Fox leapt past the Farmer and rushed into the barn, setting it alight,
9Then rushing into the house setting it alight and finally to his end in the fields also ablaze.
10Upon the destruction of his barn, his home and his livelihood, the Farmer cried out:
11Upon one unjust act of cruelty, I have destroyed my kingdom.
12Never to have judged at all, than to have broken the laws of the Divine.