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The clever poor man

One day a poor man was riding a horse on his way to a small town.

In the evening when he was hungry and tired he tied his horse to a tree and sat down under it to have his supper.

. Soon a rich man stopped nearby and began to tie his horse to the same tree.

“Don’t tie your horse to that tree!” said the poor man, “because my horse is wild and it may kill your horse. Better tie it to another tree.” But the rich man answered “I shall tie my horse where I like”. So he tied up his horse to the same tree and sat down to eat. But a few minutes later they heard a terrible noise and saw that the two horses were fighting. They ran up to them but it was too late – the rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You’ll have to pay for it!” and he brought the poor man before the judge.

The judge asked the poor man “Is that true that your horse has killed his horse?” But the poor man said nothing. The judge asked him many questions, but the poor man did not say a word. At last the judge cried “What can I do? This man cannot speak!”

“Oh”, said the rich man, “he can speak as well as we can. He spoke to me when I met him.” “Are you sure?” asked the judge. “What did he say?” “Of course I am sure!” answered the rich man. “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree where his horse was tied. He said that his horse was wild and might kill my horse”.“Oh”, said the judge, “now I see that you are not right. He told you not to tie your horse to that tree, so he must not pay for your horse”.

Then he turned to the poor man and asked him why he had not answered all his questions. The poor man said “I did not answer your questions because I knew that you would believe a rich man sooner than a poor man. So I wanted him to tell you everything himself. Now you see who was right and who was wrong”.