Lawyers and clients

As two men were walking by the seashore they found an oyster, and began to quarrel about it.
“I saw it first,” said one man,
“So it belongs to me.”
“I picked it up,” said the other
“And I have a right to keep it.”
As they were quarreling a lawyer came by, and they asked him to decide for them in the matter.
The lawyer agreed but gave the two men a condition that they abide by his decision
“It seems to me that you both have a claim to the oyster. So I will divide it between you, and you will then be perfectly satisfied.
Opening the oyster, he quickly ate it, and then handed to each of the men one of the empty shells.
“But you have eaten the oyster!” cried the men.
“Ah, that was my fee for deciding the case!” said the lawyer. “But I have divided all that remains in perfectly fair and just manner

by Ramadhan Rajab
Nairobi