F02 Solomon Solved Difficult Cases Poem by Simple Simon

Every case was quite different;
Yet, Solomon gave apt judgment.
People wondered at his skill;
Thus, he earned their goodwill.

One day, two women brought,
A case, in which both fought,
To obtain the legal right,
O'er a living child-in-dispute.

One of them said, 'Both of us,
Live in the same house.
At first, I delivered a son;
Two days later, she had one.'

One night, in her sleep,
Which was quite deep,
She rolled o'er her son
And crushed him down'

'I was sleeping then.
She took my son
And put her dead
Child in my bed.'

'For feed, he never cried,
When, next morning, I tried.
I found him not my child,
But the one who had died.'

The other woman said,
'Her son only died.
This child is mine
And not her son'

The king ordered his guard,
'Cut the boy with a sword.
Give one half to each mother,
As their equal rightful share.'

The real mother then wept.
With love what she had kept,
She told the king, 'Don't cut him,
Alive, let her take him.'

King Solomon then said,
'Don't cut the child.
She's the real mother.
So, give the boy to her.'

Similar wise decisions made
Solomon great in the world.
Well-praised a king, he was.
His wisdom was its main cause.