stolen from sathanas65 at
There was once an old farmer who lived in the country with his son. One day, his horse jumped the fence and ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbor remarked, “That is terrible!”
“How do you know?” asked the farmer.
Sometime later, the horse returned, bringing with it a wild mare. Learning of this, the neighbor said, “What a wonderful turn of events!”
“How do you know?” asked the farmer.
The following week, the farmer’s son was out in the field riding the wild mare for the first time, when he was thrown off and broke his leg. The neighbor, when he heard, stated that surely this was awful news.
“That’s too bad,” he said.
“How do you know?” asked the farmer.
Not long after, the army came through recruiting young men to fight in a war in which many would certainly die. Because of his broken leg, the farmer’s son was unable to fight, and so was spared from having to risk his life.
