[MD] Question?

[craigerb at comcast.net]

Then the farmer got older & decided to make his will, leaving everything to 
his 3 children. One child was very involved in raising the horses, so the 
farmer left that child 1/2 the horses.  Another child showed some interest in 
the horses, so the farmer left that child 1/3 of the horses.  The last 
child showed no interest in the horses, but the farmer wanted to 
encourage interest, so left that child 1/9 of the horses. 
When the farmer died the children got together to divide up the horses 
which by then numbered 17 beautiful horses.  The children could not figure out 
how to do this so they contacted the lawyer who wrote the will.  He mounted 
his old nag & rode over.  When he arrived he added his nag to the others to 
bring the total to 18.  The first child took their 1/2 share which was 9 
horses, the second child took 6 horses & the last 2 horses. 
Then the lawyer rode his nag home. 
Craig 




[Marsha] I like this Zen story...

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A farmer's horse ran away. His neighbors gathered upon hearing the 
news and said sympathetically, "That's such bad luck."

"Maybe," the farmer replied.

The horse returned on his own the next morning, and brought seven 
wild horses with it. "Look how many more horses you have now," the 
neighbors exclaimed. "How lucky!"

"Maybe," the farmer replied.

The next day, the farmer's son attempted to ride one of the wild 
horses, was thrown, and broke his leg. "How awful," the neighbors 
said. "It looks like your luck has turned for the worse again."

The farmer simply replied, "Maybe."

The following day, military officers came to town to conscript young 
men into the service. Seeing the son's broken leg, they rejected him. 
The neighbors gathered round the farmer to tell him how fortunate he was.

"Maybe," said the farmer.