A Fool Goes Shoe Shopping is the first volume of Chinese fables. It tells that once there was a fool who went for shoe shopping in the market. First of all, he used a ruler to measure his feet, and then a straw to record the size. But he hurried to the market and left the straw at home. When he found a shoe stand on the market, he fumbled in the pocket for the marked straw, but it was gone. He said to the vendor: I left my size at home and cant remember it. Let me go home and get my size! When he finished the words, he immediately hurried away...
