A motoristautomobiliste, driving past a Tennessee ranchferme, not far from Seymour on the way up to Cades Cove, struck and killed a calfveau that was attempting to cross the road. The motorist approached the farmeragriculteur and explained the incident.
He then enquired what the animal was worthvalait. The farmer replied, “Well, about £700 today, but in six years, it would have been worth at leastau moins £1400. So £1400 is what I’m expectingm’attends à from you.”
The motorist sat down, wrote out a chequerédigea un chèque, and handed it to the farmer. “Here,” he said, “is a cheque for £700. It’s postdatedpostdaté six years from now.”
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