So YOU THINK YOU KNOW GOOD AND BAD?

There once was a farmer in China who had an ox. One day the ox ran away. All his neighbors came to console him, but he was not distressed. He told them, "Good luck, bad luck, who knows?"

A few days later the ox returned and with it was a horse. All his neighbors came to him to congratulate him on his good fortune, but again he would not mind them telling them, "Good luck, bad luck, who knows?"

A week later his son was riding the horse, fell and broke his arm. Again the neighbors came to wish him condolences and tell him how very unlucky he was. The farmer shook his head and said, "Good luck, bad luck, who knows?"

A few days later, war was declared and all able-bodied young men were conscripted, but because on his son’s broken arm, he was not. "Good luck, bad luck, who knows?"
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