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MAYBE (THE CHINESE FARMER)
Akira The Don, Alan Watts
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Once upon a time
There was a Chinese farmer
Who lost a horse
Ran away
And all the neighbors
Came 'round that evening and said
"That's too bad", and he said, "Maybe, maybe"
The next day the horse came back
And brought seven wild horses with it
And all the neighbors came around and said
"Why, that's great, isn't it?"
And he said, "Maybe
Maybe, maybe"
And he said, "Maybe"
And he said, "Maybe
Maybe, maybe"
And he said, "Maybe"
The next day, his son who was attempting to
Tame one of these horses and was riding it
And was thrown and broke his leg
And all the neighbors
Came round in the evening and said
"Well, that's too bad, isn't it?"
The farmer said, "Maybe, maybe"
And the next day
The conscription officers came around
Looking for people for the army
And they rejected his son
Because he had a broken leg
And all the neighbors came around that evening
And said, "Isn't that wonderful?"
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And he said, "Maybe"
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And he said, "Maybe
Maybe, maybe"
And he said, "Maybe"
And he said, "Maybe
Maybe, maybe"
And he said, "Maybe"
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The whole process of nature
Is an integrated process
Of immense complexity
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And it is really impossible to tell
Whether anything that happens in it
Is good or bad
Because you never know
What will be the consequences
Of a misfortune
Or you never know
What will be the consequences of good fortune
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