A Clever Farmer

From an emperor in Ming Dynasty, he declared to the whole nation, "if someone can say a very absurd thing and make me say it is a lie, I will give him half of it.

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Soon, an official came to the emperor and said to the emperor, "long live, I have a sword. As long as I go to the sky, the stars in the sky will fall down one after another.

"The emperor listened and said," what's so strange about this? My grandfather had a pipe, his head in his mouth, and the other against the sun.

"Officials listened to scratching their scalp and left.

After a few days again a squire, he said to the emperor, "long live, please forgive me, I wanted to come earlier, but because it rained yesterday, the lightning torn the sky, and I hurried to send a tailor in the house to fill it up, so it was late.

"The emperor said," you did the right thing, but your tailor made up too bad. It was drizzle again this morning.

The squire didn't get anything and left.

Finally came an old farmer, armed with a bucket under his arm.

The emperor asked curiously, "what do you do with a bucket?"

The farmer said, "long live, I owe you a lot of gold. I came for gold.

"The emperor said in astonishment," a lie of gold, when I owe you, is a lie.

The farmer said, "if it's a lie, give me half of it."

"The emperor hurriedly changed his voice and said," no, no, this is the truth.

The farmer said, "if it's the truth, give me a bucket of gold."

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