买卖希望 Selling Hope

Young teenager Kevin moved to Texas and bought a horse from a farmer for U$100. The farmer agreed to deliver the horse the next day.

The next day he drove up and said : "So sorry, son, but I have some bad news. The horse died."

Kevin replied : "Well, then just give me my money back." The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."

Kevin said, "Ok, then, just bring me the dead horse." The farmer asked :  "What are you going to do with it?"

Kevin said : "I'm going to raffle him off." The farmer said :  "You can't raffle off a dead horse!" Kevin said : "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."

A month later, the farmer met up with Kevin and asked : "What happened with that dead horse?"

Kevin said : "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a net profit of U$998.00."

The farmer said : "Didn't anyone complain?"

Kevin said : "Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back."

Kevin grew up and now works for the government.

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