[PW] [Publib] "the horse may talk"

[S M Colowick]

Here's a version in which a horse trainer promises the Czar he can
teach his horse to talk in 20 years:

http://www.islandguardian.com/weissinger/archives/00000008.htm

Susie


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> On Behalf Of GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido
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> Cross-posted to several lists, forgive me.
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> For decades, I have been telling a story that I believe I learned from
> WBAIradio in the early 1970s, identified as a Sufi story. I have never
> successfully tracked it down, although my approach has been desultory over
> the years. I would be very grateful if a womb at t or a a publibber might be
> able to point me in a direction. Here is the story, as I know it.
>
>
> A man had offended the king, and was sentenced to death.
> "Oh your majesty!" he pleaded. "Allow me but one year, and I will teach your
> horse to talk."
> Astonished, the king agreed.
> The man's friend took him aside and asked, "why did you make such a foolish
> promise?"
> The man shrugged. "In a year, the king may die. In a year, I may die. In a
> year, the horse may talk."
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>
> The last line has become a family catchphrase in many situation.
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>
> Thank you. GraceAnne
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> GraceAnne A. DeCandido
> Reader Writer Reviewer ~  New York City
> Part-time lecturer in children's and YA literature Rutgers SCILS PDS
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