Rainee
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Many years ago there was a Chinese market gardener who had a horse for sale. It was a handsome animal, fat and sleek.
A man came to look at it one day, and was very taken with it. He asked the Chinaman its age, had a close look at its teeth, and convinced himself that it was sound in wind and limb.
It surprised him, therefore, when the Chinese gardener kept saying, "He not look too well."
"I can't say I agree with you," said the prospective buyer. "He looks quite well to me. In fact, I'd say he's in excellent condition."
The deal was completed and the man took the horse away.
Several days later he came back, and angrily strode up to the Chinese gardener as he tended his cabbages. "You didn't tell me that horse was blind in one eye!" he roared.
"Yes I did," said the Chinaman blandly. "I tell you he not look too well, didn't I?"
A man came to look at it one day, and was very taken with it. He asked the Chinaman its age, had a close look at its teeth, and convinced himself that it was sound in wind and limb.
It surprised him, therefore, when the Chinese gardener kept saying, "He not look too well."
"I can't say I agree with you," said the prospective buyer. "He looks quite well to me. In fact, I'd say he's in excellent condition."
The deal was completed and the man took the horse away.
Several days later he came back, and angrily strode up to the Chinese gardener as he tended his cabbages. "You didn't tell me that horse was blind in one eye!" he roared.
"Yes I did," said the Chinaman blandly. "I tell you he not look too well, didn't I?"
