HAPPINESS OR DISTRESS

I just looked at my last post, and I just thought that I must write a story entitled “Happiness or distress – you never know”.

Before the II war there was a farmer and his neighbor. The farmer had a horse, which meant wealth in those times. The neighbor came to him and said: “You are so lucky! You have a horse, you are very well off.”, but the farmer responded: “Happiness or distress – who knows, maybe happiness, maybe distress. After this, they went their ways. Some days later, the farmer’s horse got scared and ran away. The neighbor came again and said: You had a horse, and now, what unhappiness has happened to you!” the farmer replied:” Happiness or distress – who knows, maybe happiness, maybe distress.” Few days later, the horse came back, followed by a second horse. Of course, the neighbor again said:”Oh, you’re so lucky, you had one horse, now you have two!” the farmer replied: “Happiness or distress – who knows, maybe happiness, maybe distress.” The new horse was quite wild, so the farmer’s son wanted to break it in. Unfortunately, he fell from it and broke both of his legs. The neighbor said: Oh! What a grief, it’s all because of that horse!, but the farmer as usual answered: “Happiness or distress – who knows, maybe happiness, maybe distress.” The war started, the neighbor’s son went to the army, but the farmer’s son couldn’t go, because he had both of his legs broken. The neighbor as usual said: “You are lucky, my son went to the army and yours didn’t.” the farmer answered:” Happiness or distress – who knows, maybe happiness, maybe distress.” Etc., etc…

The moral of this story is that you never know what is happiness and what can be called distress.