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The Chinese Farmer and Good Luck, Bad Luck[1]
There once was a Chinese Farmer who had one son and one horse. One day the horse ran away. The neighbors came and proclaimed, “Oh, this is bad luck!” But the farmer said, “Good luck…Bad luck. Who can say?” The next day the horse returned, along with five wild mares. The neighbors saw this and exclaimed, “Oh, this is good luck!” The farmer said, “Good luck…Bad luck. Who can say?” The next day the farmer’s son tried to break one of the wild mares. The mare threw him, he fell
