But the old man laughed. He said, "All of you talk nonsense! I can only say that the horse is no more in the stable. Let the future come, and then we will see."
After fifteen days, one morning the horse came back. It was not alone. It had brought along a dozen of wild horses with it from the forest. The whole village gathered around. They said to each other, "The old man was right! His horse is back and has brought along with him twelve beautiful horses. Now he can earn all the money he wants."
They went up to the man and said, "Sorry dear sir. We could not understand the future or the ways of the God, but you are great! You could foresee what what would happen."
The old man said, "Nonsense! All I know now is that my beautiful horse has come back with twelve horses. What will happen tomorrow, nobody knows."
The next day it so happened that the old man's only son was trying to break in a new horse and he fell. Both his legs were broken. The whole town gathered around again and they said, "One never knows. You were right. This has proved to be a curse. It would have been better that the horse had not come back. Now your son will remain crippled all his life."
The old man again said, "Don't jump to conclusions! Just wait and see what happens. Say only that my son has broken his legs. That's all."
After fifteen days all the young men of the town were forcibly taken away by the government because the country was going to war. Only this old man's son was left, because his legs were broken and he was of no use to fight the war. Everybody gathered around. They said, "Alas! Our sons are gone! At least you have your son with you. He is crippled, but he is here! Our sons are gone, and the enemy is far stronger. They are all going to be killed. Who will look after us in our old age? We will have nobody. But, you at least have your son and maybe he will be cured."
But the old man said, "Say only this much. That your sons have been taken by the government, my son has been left behind. But there is no conclusion."
State the fact! Nothing is a curse or a blessing. Think of it as it has happened. Don't interpret it. Suddenly you will see that everything is beautiful.
source: Stories from Here and There, Ekalavya Education Foundation - By: Sunil Handa - http://www.eklavya.org/storyhere.html
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