“When I see the first snowdrops, it seems to me as if spring is smiling beneath the remaining layers of snow…”
The Baker And The Farmer
A baker in the village bought butter from a nearby farmer.
One day he weighed the amount of butter he had purchased and found that the farmer had reduced the amount of butter he sold, but charged him the full price. So the baker accused the farmer of fraud. In court, the judge asked the farmer,
“Do you have a verified scale and weights?”