THE CRAZY FISHERMAN

Traditional Danish Tale and it is about unjust justice as told by Rainb0w at Deadmen Tales.

Laws are norms that decree what should be done and not done so as to live in harmony with our fellow men. At least in theory...

A very poor boy called Lars was in a market trying to sell the only thing he had: a mare that was about to give birth. But nobody seemed interested and poor Lars was more and more desperate.

Suddenly the mare started to give birth, right there. After a long, hard process, a little colt came into the world. In a few minutes it stood up with its shaking feet, and with a jump went to the opposite stall, to the shelter of some oxen, a deceitful merchant, told him that if his colt had chosen to stay there, now it was his property.

Lars reported the merchant and they went to see the king. Once in the court, the king handed down justice: " If the colt wants to stay with the oxen, then let him stay with them". Lars left the palace in a fury, and next morning began to fish in the middle of the plaza. There was so much confusion that it attracted the attention of the king, who told him: "But child, are you crazy? Can't you see it's not natural to go fishing in a plaza?".

"Majesty", the boy answered, "don't you see that it's even less natural for some oxen to care for a colt?".
The king realized his error, asked to be forgiven, and returned the colt to Lars.

THE MORAL OF THE TALE: We can all make mistakes, even Justice. That's why it takes a wise man to recognize he was wrong.