Two women once stood before a wise village magistrate, both passionately claiming to be the mother of a sweet little toddler, with neither willing to back down. The judge paused, stroked his beard thoughtfully, and proposed a clever test to uncover the truth. He drew a line on the floor, placed the child right in the center, and said, 'Let each of you grab a hand; the true mother who can pull the child over to her side wins!' The women grabbed the child's hands and pulled hard in opposite directions. As the child began to cry out in pain from the tug-of-war, one woman instantly let go with a horrified shriek, preferring to lose the child rather than see it hurt. The wise judge smiled immediately, pointed to her, and declared, 'You are the true mother! A real mother's heart would rather surrender her claim than cause her child a single moment of pain.'