The Cow From Minsk
The only cow in a small town in Poland stopped
giving milk. The people did some research and found
that they could buy a cow from Moscow for 2,000
rubles, or one from Minsk for 1,000 rubles. Being
frugal, they bought the cow from Minsk.
The cow was wonderful. It produced lots of milk all
the time, and the people were amazed and very happy.
They decided to acquire a bull to mate with the cow
and produce more cows like it. Then they would never
have to worry about the milk supply again.
They bought a bull and put it in the pasture with
their beloved cow. However, whenever the bull came
close to the cow, the cow would move away. No matter
what approach the bull tried, the cow would move
away from the bull and he could not succeed in his
quest.
The people were very upset and decided to ask their
wise rabbi, what to do. They told the rabbi what was
happening. "Whenever the bull approaches our cow,
she moves away. If he approaches from the back, she
moves forward.
When he approaches her from the front, she backs
off. An approach from the side and she just walks
away to the other side."
The rabbi thought about this for a minute and asked,
"Did you buy this cow from Minsk?"
The people were dumbfounded, since they had never
mentioned where they had gotten the cow. "You are
truly a wise rabbi," they said.
"How did you know we got the cow from Minsk?"
The rabbi answered sadly, "My wife is from Minsk."
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