Police Officer & The Butcher (Folktale)

A Traffic police officer walks into a butchery before closing time and asks, "Do you still have chicken?"

The butcher opens his deep freezer, takes out the only chicken left, and puts it on the scale. It weighs 1.5 kg. The officer looks at the chicken and the scale, then asks, "Do you have one that's a bit bigger than this one?"

The butcher puts the chicken back into the freezer and then takes it out again. This time, he craftily keeps his thumb on the scale pan, making it show 2 kg.

"That's wonderful," says the police officer. "I'll take both chickens, please!"

In a situation like this, you realize that your integrity and your reputation are on the line. Your wisdom becomes foolishness, and your cunning ways become stupidity.

As I write this, the butcher's head is still inside the deep freezer, looking for the first chicken.

LESSON: Always tell the truth, and you will be free! A good name is better than riches. Live to express yourself truthfully, not to impress others.

Dear Africans, demonstrate your integrity, honesty, and accountability.