In the Soudan buying two children for a basketful of dhoora
One man stole a cow, and when the owner found out the thief and came to claim his cow, it was too late. The cow had been eaten.
Next day Gordon passed the man's hut, and saw that one of his two children was gone.
"Where was the other?" he asked of the mother.
"Oh, it had been given to the man from whom the cow had been stolen," she replied with a happy smile.
"But," said Gordon, "are you not sorry?"
"Oh no! we would rather have the cow."
"But you have eaten the cow, and the pleasure is over," said Gordon.