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从前有个很喜欢千里马的国王，愿意用千金来买匹千里马，可是等了三年，仍未能如愿以偿。

有个侍从知悉后，对国王表示乐意替他效劳。国王点头答允，并送他上路。

过了三个月，侍从终于找到一匹千里马，可是已经死掉。侍从花五百金买下死马的头带回来。

国王生气地说：“我要的是活马！为什么却浪费五百金买匹死马？”

侍从回答说：“要是人们知道大王连死马都肯花五百金买下，他们就会相信大王是真的喜欢千里马。不多久，他们便会带千里马来参见大王了。”

果然，不到一年，国王得了三匹千里马。

Paying A Handsome Price For A Swift Steed

There was once a King who had a great love for swift steeds. He was willing to pay a thousand pieces of gold for a swift steed. All the same, after three years, he was still waiting.

When an attendant heard about it, he offered his services. The King nodded in approval.

After three months, the attendant finally found a swift steed, but it was dead, He paid five hundred pieces of gold for the head which he brought back to the King.

The King flew into a rage. “I want a live swift steed!” he thundered. “Why on earth did you waste five hundred pieces of gold on a dead one?”

“If people know that you’re willing to pay a handsome price even for a dead swift steed,” replied the attendant, “they will believe that you reallly love swift steeds. Very soon they will flock to you with their swift steeds.”

Indeed, before the year was over, the King had acquired three swift steeds.

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