Diary of an average author

Horses

Once two brothers bought two horses. One was a black horse, other was white. The brothers were very delighted when they bought them home. But then there was a  problem.

They couldn't tell which horse was black and which was white.

They thought about it a lot. Paced the lawns, tapped their chins, scratched their heads. At last, they came up with an idea.

So they came up to one horse, and cut off one of his ears. Now they decided that the horse with one ear was black, and the other was white. Satisfied, they went to bed.

Somewhere around midnight, a man broke into their house. He saw the horses, laughed internally, and silently cut off the other horse's ear too. Then he took some money, a drink from the kitchen, some left over food, and left.

Next morning, the brothers woke up to find that they could once again, no longer tell which horse was which. They hit their heads on their hands, and then after a lot of pacing, chin tapping and head scratching, they figured out another way.

They cut off one horse's tail.

Now the tailless earless horse was black, other was white. That night, the brothers fell asleep satisfied, thinking how intelligent they were.

Around midnight, the thief broke in again. He took some bread, stew, a glass of milk, and just before he left, he cut off the other horse's tail too.

Next morning... chaos!

The brothers once again had two undistinguishable horses. Now what to do? So they thought thought thought again. And then at last, cut off one horse's mane. That should do it, they thought to them self. Now the earless tailless maneless horse was black. And the other was white.

At midnight, when the thief saw the horses again, he literally rolled on the floor laughing. And after a nice royal looking meal and making his wallet heavier, he cut off the other horse's mane too.

And believe me, you know what happened next morning. The brothers were so confused! What the hell was this? They couldn't tell which manless tailless earless horse was black and which was white! It was a disaster! So they came up with an other idea. They decided to cut off one horse's head.

When the horses heard this, they knew it was now or never. So they ran, and didn't even look back once at the two brothers who stood confused about what had just happened.

Why did I tell you such a long horse's tail— pun intended—? I just wanted to ask, can you see what is black and white? Or are you like the brothers? Who cant even differ between a black horse and a white horse.

Open your eyes people! Look at the things. They are not murky, you are not lost in fog. Its just that your eyes are closed. Otherwise your horses will run away too.

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