Hatton Page was a farmer, and his most admired man was Socrates, who admired his simplicity of life, his famous phrase "I only know that I know nothing", and even his brave drinking and dying, and his favorite story was of course "Socrates' Ear of Wheat".
He had a beloved daughter, and he was determined to instill his love and wisdom in her.
One day, he asked his daughter to come to a wheat field on the farm and said to her, "Child, don't look back, go from this end to the other, and choose the largest ear of wheat." ”
So the daughter carefully chose the ear of wheat, picked up this ear, felt that the ear was big, picked up the ear, and felt that it was not as big as this ear, as if wandering, picking and choosing, in the end did not select a ear of barley, and finally had to grab an ear of wheat casually.
Hatton Page looked in his eyes and was happy in his heart: "Oh hehehehe The daughter of the is very unhappy.
As her daughter grew up, Hatton Page decided to use Socrates' wisdom to choose a husband for her.
A young man liked Hatton Page's daughter very much, and his daughter also liked this young man, and the two of them had long been in love, and their eyebrows were flirting, and only Hatton Page was still stupidly in the dark.
One day, the young man came to the farm, found Hatton Page, and proposed to his daughter.
Hatton Page said, "Well, young man, I'll release three bulls, and you can marry my daughter if you grab the tail of any one of them." ”
So the youth was ready and anxiously awaited Hatton Page's first bull.
After a while, the door of the bullpen opened, and it was a big and ugly bull, and when the ugly bull rushed towards him in a huff, the youth thought that the next one should be better than this one.
So he ducked aside and let the big ugly cow pass.
The door to the bullpen opened again, and the second bull rushed out again, but saw that the cow was larger than the first and unusually fierce. It stood there, hooves of cattle on the ground, looking down, rolling its white eyes, grunting and roaring.
The young man was dumbfounded at first glance, it was really terrible, or wait for the next one.
So the youth gave way again, allowing the ferocious bull to pass easily.
After a while, the door of the bullpen opened for the third time, and the youth smiled, this is a short and thin calf, which is the ideal bull. So, the young man saw the opportunity, jumped violently, and grabbed the beef belly. This time, however, it was the youth who was dumbfounded—the cow had no tail at all.
Hatton Page laughed as he cleverly applied the "ear of wheat of Socrates" theory and tricked a young man.
But the story ends with the young man still marrying Hatton Page's daughter, because the two have long been in love with the marrow, and you can tear people apart with a bald-tailed cow.
Afterwards, Hatton Page often thought that fortunately this matter was not counted, or he would have regretted his death.
Do you know who that young man was, he was the founding father of the United States, the famous Comrade Washington in American history.
Of course, Hatton Page also became a famous figure, and he was jokingly called "Socrates" by Washington and his wife, so Hatton Page laughed at this good name.
【Author's Comments】
Socrates is written by the student on the basis of the two stories he has read, and hereby declares it so as not to cause a copyright dispute.
Part I: The novel begins with a description of Hatton Page, the farmer's greatest admiration for Socrates, and begins with "His favorite story, of course, is 'The Ear of Wheat of Socrates'".
The second part of the article: describes Hatton Page's use of "Socrates' Ears of Wheat" to play games with his daughter, and the daughter is very unhappy.
Part III of the article: describes that Hatton Page once again used "socrates' ears of wheat" to choose a wife for his daughter, although he teased the youth, but the youth still married his daughter, he was Washington; Hatton Page was also famous, he was jokingly called "Socrates" by Washington and his wife, Hatton Page laughed at the name; kickbacks.