A peasant named Ero grazed cows of a rich judge. His own cow also was in the judge's herd of cattle. Once a fight took place among the cows and Ero's cow killed one of the judge's cows. Ero rushed to the judge with loud cries,
"Gentle effendi! Your cow has gored to death my cow! Poor me!"
Crowds of people assembled around them. The judge came forward stroking his beard and said loftily:
"Whose fault is it? Has anybody provoked them?"
"No, nobody. They charged at each other and locked horns."
"Well, but you won't hale the cattle into court!"
Crafty Ero laughed in his beard and said:
"Oh, listen, effendi, I say my cow has gored to death your cow!"
"Ah, wait a moment, I will check with Koran", said the effendi and reached out for the book.
But Ero got him by the arm.
"No, don't check with Koran, gentle effendi! You did not want to look in Mohammedan scriptures when we spoke about my cow. Then why do you want to do that now, when it comes to yours?"

Electronic text: Moshkov Library