HOW THE PATH WAS FORGED

One day, a calf needed to cross a virgin forest in order to return to its pasture. Being an irrational animal, it forged out a tortuous path full of bends, up and down hills.

The next day, a dog came by and used the same path to cross the forest. Next it was a sheep’s turn, the head of a flock which, upon finding the opening, led its companions through it.

Later, men began using the path: they bent down, deviating obstacles, complaining and cursing – and quite rightly so. But they did nothing to create a different route.

PENALTY

A school teacher was ticketed for running a stop light and told to appear in traffic court the next Monday. She went to court immediately an appealed to the judge to handle her case right then, explaining that she was a teacher and had to teach on Monday

"A school-teacher, eh?" the magistrate said, "Your presence in my courtroom fulfills a lifetime ambition of mine. I want you to sit down at this table and write 500 times, 'I will stop at the red light'."