The Apple Horse

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This story is about a poor farmer and his wife who had very little, but the one thing that they cared for and needed was their horse. The horse was vital to their survival because it was used to plow fields, ride into town, heard cattle, transport hay, and many other uses. In addition, sometimes with normal walks around town the farmer was able to get business from other families along the way. Over the years the horse begin to get a little older and the farmer and his wife had to make a decision on what to do with the horse. They had 2 decisions to make and that was whether to sale the horse or trade it. The farmers wife suggested that the farmer take the horse into the market to see if he could find any decent trades for the horse. She …show more content…

At the inn he ran into a man that was carrying a sack over his shoulder. The farmer asked what was in the sack, and the man informed him that it was rotten apples. The man stated that he had the apples to feed his pigs. The farmer suggested that the man sale some of the apples. The man asked who would buy a sack of rotten apples? At that time the farmer had a memory of the previous year when he had an apple tree, and how there was one apple left that he put on top of his dresser, and watched it carefully until it burst. The farmer and the man with the rotten apples laughed non stop, and then the farmer had the idea to buy the sack of rotten apples. The farmer asked the man how much would he sale the apples for. The man asked the farmer what was he willing to trade it for. The farmer then agreed to trade the hen for the apples. Happy with his new trade the farmer went into the inn and put his sack of rotten apples against the warm stove. Inside of the inn there were a lot of different people including 2 drunk Englishmen, with a lot of money that loved to make bets. The Englishmen begin to hear a crackling sound and also began to smell something that smelled like vinegar. The farmer picked up his sack of rotten apples from the stove and told everyone his story of trades today starting from the horse ending with the sack of rotten apples. The Englishmen informed the farmer that his wife is going to be very angry about the trades that he had made. The farmer reassured the Englishmen that she wouldn’t be upset and that she would say, “Father is always right”. The Englishmen betted their sack of gold that the farmers wife would be upset by the bad decisions of the farmer. The farmer agreed to the bet and the Englishmen followed the farmer back to his home. When the farmer arrived home he greeted his family and informed them of the

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