Fables of the Talmud and the Midrash

Preliminary Study, Selection, and Notes: Manes Kogan
Design and Illustrations: Marcelo Ferder
English Translation: Sandy Berkofsky-Santana

 
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Fable 5: The King and His Son

A king was angry with his son and, seeing a large stone, swore to throw it at him. He then thought better of it and said, “If I throw this stone at my son, I will kill him, but I cannot go back on my royal oath.”

So what did the king do? He ordered the stone to be broken into pebbles and had them thrown at this son, one by one. Thus the king saved his son and complied with his royal oath.

-- Midrash Tehilim 6:3

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