Once upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know
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to do when it slipped from his horse and fell onto the road. The sack was
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heavy for him to lift, and his only hope was that
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some one would come riding by and lend a hand.
It was not long
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a rider appeared, but the farmer"s heart sank when he recognized him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle nearby. The farmer
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have dared to ask another farmer to help, or any poor man who might have come
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the road, but he could not beg a favor of so great a man.
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, as soon as the great man came up he got off his horse, saying "I see you"ve had bad luck, friend. How good it is
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I"m here just at the right time". Then he took one
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of the sack, the farmer the other, and between them they lifted it on the horse.
"Sir," asked the farmer, "how can I pay you"
"Easily enough," the great man replied. "Whenever you see
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else in trouble, do the same for him."