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| the lazy horse |
There was once a farmer who woke up early one morning and thought about going to the market to sell his crops so he got out of bed , brushed his teeth, and had his bath and put on his clothes. As he got out of his house, he saw that he had more potatoes than any other of his crops so he decided to sell them instead.So he worked and worked and worked, plucking out the potatoes and loading them into his wagon. When he was done, he got his horse and attached it to the wagon.
The farmer was ready to go but then the horse who was called Jerry was very lazy, so he refused to go .The farmer waited and waited but the horse did not move. The farmer tried everything he could but the horse did not move. He kicked the horse, he made a trail of potatoes, he yelled but nothing just seemed to work and he was worried, that he won't get to the market in time because the market was at the other side of the town and it takes about two days to get there .
After the farmer had waited for a long very long time, he decided to stay home but just then, a great idea dawned on him. He looked at the carrots he had packed for the trip and he remembered Jerry loved carrots, so he got a long stick and tied a carrot onto it with a piece of string. Immediately the horse smelt the carrot, he jumped up with excitement because the horse had a reason to walk. He went very fast and it took shorter than usual.
When they finally got to the market, it was closed so the farmer returned home unhappy with a wagon full of potatoes and what about Jerry the horse, well he munched his carrots and slept off and the farmer said to himself " Well there's always next time". What a pity!, the potatoes had spoiled when the farmer next planned to go to the market so he sold the carrots instead and got a little money and now he changed Jerry's name to lazy lad and he never rode on it again
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