T0433. Dividing in God's Way

Nasruddin has a bag of walnuts to give to four children. "Share God's way or man's way?" he asks. "God's way," the four say. He gives two handfuls to first, one handful to second, two walnuts to third, and none to last. "If you'd asked for man's way, I would have distributed equally," he says.

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Notes: In the Joha story reported by Koen-Sarano, the story is about dividing seven camels among some men.