A Stitch In Time Saves Nine | Story

A Stitch In Time Saves Nine | Story

In days, when there were no fast means of communication like those of today, a fierce battle was going on between two armies. A king wanted to send more instructions to the commander of his army. He chose a royal messenger whom he trusted fully and who could make his horse run at a breakneck spee .The messenger also knew the seriousness  of the situation and wanted to act accordingly. He chose a horse that was famed to run swiftest of all. So, he decided to commence his long journey straightaway . But when he was about to depart, one of his companions stopped him. Get it put on if you want to convey the message in time." The messenger paid a deaf ear to his suggestion and said, "I am in a hurry. Moreover, I am to go only a few miles and my horse can take me so far without a shoe." Saying this, he whipped his horse and the horse began to gallop  like a gale . On the way, the second nail from the shoe went off but he continued his journey. At last, all the nails from the shoe went off and the shoe fell down. He was trying to make his horse run fast but the horse could run no longer. He said to himself, “What an ill-luck! The horse is not running as fast as I want to make it run. If I miss the message, the king will be annoyed and sentence me to death.”

But soon the horse got dead tired. It fell down on the ground with a thud and died. The rider was also injured. Now the destination was not far. He began to run on foot. When he reached, he was informed that a crushing defeat had been inflicted on their army due to the non-delivery of latest instructions. In this way, he had lost many hours in saving a few minutes.

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