A Big Horse And A Little Horse....

[excelsior-1]

...lived together in a pasture. Every day, they would race around the field near the fence lines, and the big horse always won. So one day, the little horse said, "I don't want to race anymore, because you always win."

"Suit yourself," said the big horse. But, the little horse started getting up early in the morning to exercise. He lifted weights, did pushups, ran sprints, and so forth. Finally, he decided he was in good enough shape to beat the big horse.

"Tomorrow morning, let's race around the pasture again like we used to," he said to the big horse. And so, they did.
For three quarters of the race, the little horse was slightly ahead, and in the home stretch he started to pull even farther in front. But just before the finish line, the big horse just increased the length of his strides and won by half a length.
The little horse, severely disappointed, went off to sulk.
Later that day, a chicken on the other side of the fence spoke to the big horse: "Why did you have to do that? You know the little horse has been working out for weeks to get strong enough to beat you. You could have let him win, just this once, couldn't you?"
The big horse looked at the chicken and said, "I didn't know chickens could talk."

[douglas9401]

:)

[jim360]

Oh, you...

[Marijn]

Sweet :-)