aA doctor and a businessman once met in a restaurant. forFor their lunch, thethey both ordered soup. whenWhen it was
brought, the doctor took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came to his
eyes. theThe businessman asked him why he was weeping. theThe doctor dared not say that he had gotburned his mouth
burned and ansewred siranswered, "Sir, I once had a brother who killed a child, for which he was hanged. I was thinking of
his death, which made me weep." the businemanThe businessman, believing this story, began to eat his soup and he, too, hadburned got his
mouth, burned, so that he hadbringing tears into his eyes. noticing itNoticing this, the doctor asked the businessman, sir"Sir, why do you
weepweep?" The businessman, who now saw that the doctor had fooled him, answered, sir"Sir, I am weeping because
you were not hanged together with your brother."