I read this story in a course that I took in college and I really liked it. I've looked in my text books, and searched online and I can't find it anywhere. It was a course on the Sacred Texts of the world, and I believe that it was in the Hindu texts, but it was definately in a text from that part of Asia. It went somethinglike this- There was a man and his cow ran away, and everyone said how unlucky he was and he said, "Maybe I'm unlucky, maybe I'm not" and then the cow came back, and everyone said how lucky he was and he said "Maybe I'm lucky, maybe I'm not." And then it went on like that for awhile with all those things happening like that. I would like a link to it, or if you could tell me the whole story, I'd love it. And I'd love it more if you could tell me where it came from.
2006-06-09
02:17:47
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Erk, sorry, I missed a word... the cow came back pregnant, and everyone said how lucky he was....
2006-06-09
02:18:36 ·
update #1
No. That is not the story I was looking for. I originally found the story while taking a class in sacred text. It was a story about a farmer, it involved more than his cow, but I don't remember it all now. The point of the story was that whenever it seemed like he had bad luck it turned out good, and then his good luck turned out bad; sort of a don't count your luck before it hatches kind of thing.
2006-06-09
02:44:50 ·
update #2