Two old men lived in the same cell, and had never disagreed. Said one to the other, "Let us just have one quarrel, like other men." Quoth the other, "I do not know what a quarrel is like." Quoth the first, " Here I put a brick between, us, and say ifc is mine, and yon say it is not mine ; and let us have a contention and squabble." But when they put the brick between them, and one said, "It is mine," and the other said, "I hope it is mine," and when the first said, it is mine, it is not yours," the other answered, "If it is yours, take it." So they could not find out how to have a quarrel.
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Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 442, 12 November 1868, Page 3
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