he said, “Cut the living child in two and give each woman half of it.”
He sent for a sword, and when it was brought,
The real mother, her heart full of love for her son, said to the king, “Please, Your Majesty, don't kill the child! Give it to her!” But the other woman said, “Don't give it to either of us; go on and cut it in two.”
Don't be too quick to go to court about something you have seen. If another witness later proves you wrong, what will you do then?