lrburdak
February 28th, 2003, 07:50 PM
One day one farmer’s calf was grazing on pasture. The farmer and his son tried to get calf into barn. But they made the common mistake of thinking only of what they wanted: the farmer pushed and his son pulled. But the calf did just what they did: he thought only of what he wanted; so he stiffened his legs and stubbornly refused to leave the pasture.
The housemaid saw their predicament. She was illiterate. She could not write essays and books; but on this occasion at least, she had more horse sense, of calf sense, than the farmer had. She thought of what the calf wanted; so she put her maternal finger in the calf’s mouth, and let the calf suck her finger as she gently led him into the barn.
So why we talk about what we want ! The only way to deal the other fellow is to talk about what he wants and show him how to get it.
The housemaid saw their predicament. She was illiterate. She could not write essays and books; but on this occasion at least, she had more horse sense, of calf sense, than the farmer had. She thought of what the calf wanted; so she put her maternal finger in the calf’s mouth, and let the calf suck her finger as she gently led him into the barn.
So why we talk about what we want ! The only way to deal the other fellow is to talk about what he wants and show him how to get it.