There was once a man from the
city who was visiting a small farm, and during this visit he saw a farmer
feeding pigs in a most extraordinary manner.
The farmer would lift a pig
up to a nearby apple tree, and the pig would eat the apples off the tree
directly. The farmer would move the pig from one apple to another until the pig
was satisfied, then he would start again with another pig.
The city man
watched this activity for some time with great astonishment. Finally, he could
not resist saying to the farmer,
"This is the most inefficient method of
feeding pigs that I can imagine. Just think of the time that would be saved if
you simply shook the apples off the tree and let the pigs eat them from the
ground!"
The farmer looked puzzled and replied, "What's time to a
pig?"
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