A foolish lad with a shaven scalp could not stand the bites of the flies on his head. He decided to complain about them to the judge at court. The judge came to hear the complaint only because he thought it was a big joke.
"Whenever you see a fly," he pronounced to the foolish lad with a laugh, "you are permitted to defend yourself, and to give it a blow."
To make sure that he had heard aright, the lad asked the judge to repeat his words. At the moment he did so, a fly settled on the head of the judge. The foolish lad smote it mightily. The judge fell to the ground, and his attendants caught hold of the lad.
"Remember the sentence," the follish lad reminded the judge quickly. And so they were forced to set him free. Is it true what they say, "With foolish ones, even Heaven cannot win"?
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