then a war started between the farmer's nation and its neighbor. the government needed all the country's young man to fight in the war. men farm the government come to town. they took all the healthy young men, but they didn't send the farmer's boy to war. his leg was broken. many of the young man from the town died in the war. after several months, the boy's leg got better. all the farmer's neighbors said, "what good news! your son didn' t go to war, and now he is healthy!" the farmer said, "good news? bad news? who knows?