The Quaker and His Horse
A man once went to purchase a horse of a Quaker. “Will he draw well?” asked the buyer. “Thee wilt be pleased to see him draw.” The bargain was concluded, and the farmer tried the horse, but he would not stir a step. He returned and said, “That horse will not draw an inch.” “I did not tell thee that it would draw, friend, I only remarked that it would please thee to see him draw, so it would me, but he would never gratify me in that respect.”