Long ago, in a wealthy kingdom in Araby, the Caliph announced his beautiful only daughter had come of age to find a mate.
Two rival princes applied for her hand.
The Caliph announced a quest for the two to compete for the maiden.
Each prince was to cross the barren sands to the great flowing river. Then he was to swim the treacherous river, fend off the crocodiles, reach the sacred medow with the white flowers and find the holy cow and copulate with it.
If, and when the ordeal was finished the victor should return to claim the prize.
The prince from the northern kingdom swallowed water at the river, drowned and his body claimed by the crocs.
The second prince completed the quest, returned accross the brutal sands to claim his prize.
When he approached the Caliph, the Caliph congratulated him on his heroism and said if he now paid a thousand talents of gold he could claim his princess.
The prince froze at the price, and inquired--"how much for the cow."
SDAI, fables have always been used to establish a truth in a simple way, to aid understanding. Don't use them to confound. Establish priorities.
Publius
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A fable to aid SDAI in establishing priorities.......