Millions of years ago, in a little town, the king wanted to appoint a new adviser; he wanted that adviser to be a wise man. Two old men were qualified for the job; both considered very wise men in the town. So the king decided to put them to test. One day, the king summoned them to a town meeting, he ordered a cow killed, two of its legs cut and each man be given one leg. He told them to take it home and bring it back in seven days still as fresh and bloody as it was when it was cut from the cow’s body. The men looked downhearted, it was an impossible task but.....

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