Two pears were sent to a barbarian king
Cochonfucius sent two pears from his garden
to a barbarian king. Unfortunately, one of them was rather small.
The other one was quite big.
The king offered them to two ministers who were sitting together at a little table.
The minister of rituals invited the minister of fights to choose first.
In defiance of good rules, the minister of fights took the big pear and started quietly
to enjoy this excellent fruit.
The minister of rituals glanced at his companion with a reproachful face.
The minister of fights asked what was wrong.
« What you just did, I would never have indulged into that. »
« And what would you have done? »
« I would have chosen the small pear. »
« So you did want the small pear?
Well, you have it, actually. »