Pushkin.

Now two women who were Harlots came to the king and stood before him, and one woman said,

oh my Lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house, and I gave birth while she was

in the house.

Then it happened.

Old Testament, first kings, three sixteen, there these two women, one whose baby is died,

the other whose baby is still alive.

Each claims the living baby as her own.

They go to the new king, Solomon, and ask him to sort it all out.

In the night, this woman's child died because she lay upon it.

Wherefore, she removed my son from beside me while I slipped, and laid her dead child

against my bosom.

She lies.

I do not know.

This is from the somewhat less than classic film, Solomon and Shiba.

The women are shushed by King Solomon, played by Yule Brenner, in whatever they use for

spray tan in 1959.

The living child is mine, the dead is yours, the dead is yours, the living mine.

Bring the infant forward.

A guard puts the baby down, and then Yule Brenner tells him to draw his sword.

Divide the child into two parts.

You've half to the one woman, half to the other.

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