Slovenčina / B1
Drevený a živý kôň
Živý kôň sa ponáhľal a prechádzal popri drevenom koni. Zrazu sa potkol. Nohou narazil do kameňa tak, že to bolo počuť.
Drevený kôň sa pri pohľade naňho rozosmial.
„Ha, ha! Aký si nešikovný!“ vysmieval sa mu.
Živý kôň sa ho však opýtal: „Chodil si už niekedy aj ty?“
„Nie,“ priznal drevený kôň.
„V tom prípade počkaj so smiechom, kým sám začneš chodiť,“ odpovedal mu živý kôň.
Je ľahké nerobiť chyby, keď človek vôbec nič nerobí.
English summary · includes the ending
A living horse is hurrying past a wooden horse when he trips. His hoof strikes a stone with a clear ringing sound. The wooden horse sees what has happened and laughs at him. He calls the living horse clumsy, making fun of the mistake he has just seen.
The living horse answers with a question rather than an argument about the stone. Has the wooden horse ever walked? The wooden horse admits that he has not. The living horse then tells him to save his laughter until he starts walking himself.
The final lesson is that it is easy to avoid mistakes when you do nothing at all. The wooden horse has no experience of the activity he is laughing at. The living horse has stumbled while walking; the wooden horse has never walked. That simple difference gives the short exchange its point.
Adapted for Lejrbål from the credited source.
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