An old farmer started loading up the cart to take his crops to market. His grand-son offered to help lift the heavy items. The old farmer knew that the cart was likely to break if too much weight was put on it so he told his son to stop loading. His son complained that there was still lot left to load up and that they would need to take several trips to town to sell it all. The old farmer said no, if you put more on there the axle will break when it goes down the rough road. His son agrees for now but think that the old farmer is wrong, that it would be much better to load everything on now so he doesn't have to come back. They go to town and sell what they have in a couple of hours.
Once the cart is empty they go back home and load it up again. The son complains again that if they just loaded up everything they wouldn't need to come back so many times. Again the old farmer tells his son that too much weight will break the cart. He agrees again and lifts the heavy boxes. They go back to town and run out of crops to sell in a couple of hours again.
This time the old farmer asks his son to take the cart back on his own so that the old man could watch a friend's stall. The son agrees and leads the horse back to the farm. He looks at the position of the sun and sees that they only have time for one more load before sunset. He looks at the cart and it seems to be more than strong enough, so he decides to load everything onto it. He puts the heavier things on first, to make sure that it can hold those and keeps going till everything is on there. He starts to lead the horse back to town. When he gets to the rough part of the road he slows down and carefully guides the horse around the biggest rocks.
When he gets to town his father tells him that he should not have loaded it up so heavily, it could have broken on the rough road. The son says that it was fine, it didn't even creak, they could have loaded it up more earlier like he said and it would have saved them a trip. The old farmer says that it was still a risk which he would prefer that his son hadn't done. The son sits down and takes his cloak off. A small down feather which he hadn't seen floats off from his shoulder and lands on the cart. There's a loud creak, then a crack, and the whole cart falls apart. The old farmer looks at his son who quickly apologises and runs around trying to pick up all of the crops before they are lost. The old farmer says that he was told to not load up the cart so heavy. It is his fault it broke, and that the cost of a new cart will be taken out of his share. In the future he will hire someone to help him, and his son will get nothing.
Once the cart is empty they go back home and load it up again. The son complains again that if they just loaded up everything they wouldn't need to come back so many times. Again the old farmer tells his son that too much weight will break the cart. He agrees again and lifts the heavy boxes. They go back to town and run out of crops to sell in a couple of hours again.
This time the old farmer asks his son to take the cart back on his own so that the old man could watch a friend's stall. The son agrees and leads the horse back to the farm. He looks at the position of the sun and sees that they only have time for one more load before sunset. He looks at the cart and it seems to be more than strong enough, so he decides to load everything onto it. He puts the heavier things on first, to make sure that it can hold those and keeps going till everything is on there. He starts to lead the horse back to town. When he gets to the rough part of the road he slows down and carefully guides the horse around the biggest rocks.
When he gets to town his father tells him that he should not have loaded it up so heavily, it could have broken on the rough road. The son says that it was fine, it didn't even creak, they could have loaded it up more earlier like he said and it would have saved them a trip. The old farmer says that it was still a risk which he would prefer that his son hadn't done. The son sits down and takes his cloak off. A small down feather which he hadn't seen floats off from his shoulder and lands on the cart. There's a loud creak, then a crack, and the whole cart falls apart. The old farmer looks at his son who quickly apologises and runs around trying to pick up all of the crops before they are lost. The old farmer says that he was told to not load up the cart so heavy. It is his fault it broke, and that the cost of a new cart will be taken out of his share. In the future he will hire someone to help him, and his son will get nothing.
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