Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1912 — Fable for Borrowers. [ARTICLE]

Fable for Borrowers.

An Arab went to his neighbor and said: “Lend me your rope.” “I can’t,” said the neighbor. "Why can’t you?” “Because I want to use the rope myself.” “For what purpose?” the other persisted. “I want to tie up five cubic feet of water with it.” “How on earth,” sneered the wouldbe borrower, “can you tie up water with a rope?” “My friend,” said the neighbor, “Allah is great and he permits us to do strange things with a rope when we don’t want to lend it." —Boston Evening Transcript.