FISH IN THE FIRE
One day, in a certain village, a Wife felt a very strong urge to eat fresh fish. When she expressed her wish to her Husband, he went to the market and bought three fish. The Wife happily cleaned and cooked them.
When they sat down to eat, the Husband said, "Considering that I am the Lord and Master of the house, I will have two fish."
The Wife retorted, saying, "No, you shall not. I am not a servant that I will be content with one fish."
The Husband lost his temper and said, "I bought the fish from the bazaar. So, I should get two fish for all the trouble I took."
Not to be outdone, the Wife said, "Don't I deserve two fish for all the trouble I went through to cook them?"
The quarrel went on until the Husband suggested, "Let us keep a bet. Whoever speaks first will have to eat one fish."
They went to bed silently without touching the meal. The whole day passed, but neither of them moved or uttered a single word. The neighbours, wondering if something was the matter, knocked at the door again and again, but in vain.
Finally, they broke open the door and entered the house only to find the couple lying down. They shook them, but as neither of them uttered a sound, the neighbours thought that they were dead and carried them off to the crematorium.
The pyre was set up and the Husband was laid first, followed by his wife. Just as someone was about to light the pyre, the Husband jumped up yelling, "You win! I will eat one fish!!"
His wife promptly sat up and said, matter-of-factly, "And I will eat the other two."
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