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One day, the old man died. He left seventeen horses, lots of gold and land for his sons. He wrote a will which was very strange. He divided the land and gold into three parts but for the division of horses there was a riddle. Nobody could understand the riddle. It said, ‘The half of the total horses should be given to the elder son, in the remaining half two-third should be given to the second son and what remains out of that two-third should be given to the third son.’ Seventeen was the total number of horses. Half of it meant eight and a half horse to the elder son. That meant one had to kill a horse to divide it. Subsequently, two-third of eight would mean one more horse had to be killed. The old man loved his horses immensely and would never have wanted any of them killed. So what did he mean ? The brothers scratched their heads for a few days over the will. When they could not come up with a solution, they showed the will to their father’s friend. Sumanth read it and smiled. He replied, ‘It is very easy. Tomorrow morning I will come and divide the horses.’ The next day, everybody assembled in the ground. All seventeen horses were standing in a row. Sumanth came on his own horse. He made his horse stand along with the other horses. He said, ‘Now there are eighteen horses. I am as good as your father. Let us divide the horses as per the will.’ But the sons objected. ‘You have added your horse to our horses, that was not our father’s wish.’ Sumanth said, ‘Don’t worry, wait until the division is over. I will take my horse back. Out of these eighteen horses as per the will, half will go the elder son. Half of eighteen is nine, so the elder one gets nine horses. Now there are nine remaining, out of nine two-third means six horses will go the second son. Now there are three remaining. Two-third of three means two horses out of three, will go the third son. One horse is left, which was anyway not yours. It is mine and I am taking it and going home.’ All the people who had assembled were puzzled. The three sons did not know how the division took place without killing a horse. They went to Sumanth and asked, ‘Uncle, how did you manage without killing any horse ?’ 30 Sumanth smiled and said, ‘Experience has taught me many things in life. Textbook
Your father also knew it. Many a time a work may look impossible. But if someone gives the smallest suggestion, you can work on it. That is the reason your father wrote his will in such a way that you were forced to take somebody’s advice. You may think you know everything, but please remember you are still a student. Life is an eternal teacher, provided you have an open mind.’ Som Gowda concluded, ‘That’s the way elders have taught us lessons. Experience is the best teacher in life. Elders have seen many ups and downs in their lives and interacted with many people. During the process they have acquired knowledge which can’t be taught in a school or college. It has to be learnt over a period of time. Now it is left to you people to make the decision.’ The three brothers, after listening to the story, agreed to the panchayat’s division of their property. Glossary riddle /'rIdl/ difficult or amusing question Textbook - Sudha Murty fighting /faItiN/ to try to get what you want in a court of law approximately /J'prQksImJtli/ nearly, not exactly but almost asset /'&set/ help impartial /Im'pA:Sl/ just; not favouring one side court /kO:t/ the place where legal trials take place and where crimes etc are judged feud /fju:d/ long continued quarrel between persons, families or groups will /wIl/ paper showing to whom a man’s possessions are to be given after his death immensely /I'mensli/ very much interact /%IntJr'&kt/ to communicate with somebody, especially while you work, play or spend time with them 31
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