A WISH JUDGE
Once upon a time there lived two brothers named Edmund and Alfred. One day Edmund set off to go on a long journey. but ere he departed he went to his brother, gave him a very expensive ring. and asked him to take care of it till he returned. Many months passed. and at last Edmund came home, but when he went to his brother for the ring, the latter refused to give it him. and declared that the ring was his. The matter was brought before a judge, who asked Edmund where he had given his brother the ring. Edmund replied that they were standing under a large oak treat the time, but Alfred declared that he did not know of such a tree. Then the judge asked Edmund to leave the court. and bring a branch of the very tree. When he had been gone a few minutes, the judge remarked that he was a long time un returning, but Alfred said, "Oh, my Lord, the tree is a long way off." "Ah I said the judge," an yet you said that you did not know the tree. You have betrayed yourself. "He was ordered to restore the ring, and was sent to prison.