MUCH OUT OF NOTHING
There was once a king who sent a message to the king of a neighbouring country, saying: "Send me a blue pig with a black tiil, or else—' To this the other king replied: J. have not got one, but if I had — ' When the first king got this answer he flew into a great rago, and declared war against the other. v • For many1 months lighting went on, but atlastthe two kings arranged a meeting.' ■. : . ' .. • ■ ""What did youmean/' said the hist, <<by saying, 'Send me a blue pig with a black tail, or else—'?", ' "Why," answered the other, ' x meant a blue pig with a black tail, or else some other colour; and now let me ask you what you meant by your_ message, 'I have not got one, but if ~ I had-?" ■.. . ■ ■■■ ■ "My meaning was simple enough, for, of course, if I had had such a pig I should "have sent it. Dear me, how foolish we have beenl Let us make peace"and bo friends," they laughed together 1 ■'■■■.' So peace was made and the story was written in the annals oi: both countries to serve as a warning to those who should' come after not to bo so ready to take offence.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 115, 17 May 1930, Page 18
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209MUCH OUT OF NOTHING Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 115, 17 May 1930, Page 18
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