One day a man who had been to gather his coconuts loaded his cart heavily with the fruit. On the way home he met a boy and asked him how long it would take to reach the house.
"If you go slowly," said the boy, looking at the load on the cart, "you will arrive very soon; but if you go fast, it will take you all day."
The man could not believe this strange speech, so he hurried his cart. But the coconuts fell off and he had to stop to pick them up. Then he hurried his cart all the more to make up for lost time, but the coconuts fell off again. Many times he did this, and it was night before he reached home.
Moral: You sometimes have to go slowly to get where you want.
"If you go slowly," said the boy, looking at the load on the cart, "you will arrive very soon; but if you go fast, it will take you all day."
The man could not believe this strange speech, so he hurried his cart. But the coconuts fell off and he had to stop to pick them up. Then he hurried his cart all the more to make up for lost time, but the coconuts fell off again. Many times he did this, and it was night before he reached home.
Moral: You sometimes have to go slowly to get where you want.
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