Nasruddin was a witness in a trial, and while he was giving his testimony, thieves broke into his house and stole his furniture: all his chairs and tables and even the door of his house.
When Nasruddin got home and saw what had happened, he turned around and went straight back to the courthouse in his donkey-cart. First he loaded some chairs and tables from the courthouse onto his cart, and he had begun removing the courthouse door when the judge accosted him.
"What do you think you're doing?" the judge shouted.
"I'm balancing the scales of justice!" Nasruddin replied.
Inspired by: The World of Nasrudin by Idries Shah, free to read online at the Idries Shah Foundation.
Notes: This is story #65 in the book. I added the part about the "scales of justice" since that seemed like a fun metaphor to use.
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