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22 lines
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The Wise Servant
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How fortunate is the master, and how well all goes in his house, when
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he has a wise servant who listens to his orders and does not obey them,
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but prefers following his own wisdom. A clever John of this kind was
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once sent out by his master to seek a lost cow. He stayed away a long
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time, and the master thought, "Faithful John does not spare any pains
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over his work!" As, however, he did not come back at all, the master
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was afraid lest some misfortune had befallen him, and set out himself
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to look for him. He had to search a long time, but at last he perceived
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the boy who was running up and down a large field. "Now, dear John,"
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said the master when he had got up to him, "hast thou found the cow
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which I sent thee to seek?" "No, master," he answered, "I have not
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found the cow, but then I have not looked for it." "Then what hast thou
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looked for, John?" "Something better, and that luckily I have found."
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"What is that, John?" "Three blackbirds," answered the boy. "And where
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are they?" asked the master. "I see one of them, I hear the other, and
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I am running after the third," answered the wise boy.
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Take example by this, do not trouble yourselves about your masters or
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their orders, but rather do what comes into your head and pleases you,
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and then you will act just as wisely as prudent John.
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