A RACE to korat
there was once a rich man who son.before he died he wrote this for his son:
when i die, my sons must ride fom bangkok to korat. i give all my money to the owne of the horse which gets to korat last.i give nothing to the owner of the horse whic gets ther frist
each of the two sons had a hose they read the paper again and again and sat thinking about it for a long time.
they started their ride a few days after the death of their father. they rode slowly. each man wanted the other to get to korat before him so each of them made his horse walk. but it was too tiring to ride on a walking horse so once in a while they made their horses run back to bangkok and then run toward korat again.
one night they came to a hotel at pak-chong, got off their horses, and went in.
a man in the hotel asked them about their journey . they told him all about their race and and their father'S money
"if my horse gets to korat before the other," said one of them, "i shall lose the money. if my brother's horse gets there first. i'ii get all the money so we never ride quickly. we've been on the road for three month now. we shall never get to korat. what shall we do?no one will ever get our father's money."
the man smiled while they spoke. he told them some words which made the two brothers jump up and run to the horses. then each one made the horse run as fast as he could.
what happened to them? the man told them to change horses; each had to ride the the other's horse. the person who reached korat first was the one whose horse reached korat last.