The old father died, his two sons had a dispute of legacy for both of them thought the other one received a bigger share.
They were relative to Emperor Zhenzong, no one made any comment on this. After the consent of the Emperor, the prime minister proposed,
“Since both of you believe the other got a bigger share, why not exchange your small share for a big one with the other?”
The owner of a fishing pond was bothered by birds that kept coming to catch his fishes.
One day he figured out a solution to stop this. He set up a scarecrow in the pond. This method turned out to be effective, no birds dared to come again. However after long time observation, birds found the scarecrow not a real danger to them. They began to catch fish in the pond again. The owner was so annoyed that he disguised himself as the scarecrow standing motionlessly in the water. The birds did not notice the change, so they came back fishing in the pond as usual. When they found it was a real man which standing at the water and waiting for them, it was too late. Finally the man laughed at the birds he caught, “Stupid birds! You think it is a scarecrow forever?”
