A Tale from the Middle East
A clever smuggler came to the border with a
donkey. The donkey's back was heavily laden with straw. The official at the
border was suspicious and pulled apart the man's bundles till there was straw
all around, but not a valuable thing in the straw was found. "But I'm
certain you're smuggling something," the official said, as the man crossed
the border.
Now each day for ten years the man came to
the border with a donkey. Although the official searched and searched the straw
bundles on the donkey's back, he never could find anything valuable hidden in
them.
Many years later, after the official had
retired, he happened to meet that same smuggler in a marketplace and said,
"Please tell me, I beg you. Tell me, what were you smuggling? Tell me, if
you can."
"Donkeys," said the smuggler.
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