If you go slow, you get very early. If you go faster, it will take all day

The protagonist of this tale Filipino discover that the rush is not always good counselors. Want to know how he came to this conclusion?


In a small village by the sea, there lived a man in a cabin. One morning I decided to go to collect coconuts. So he got up early, took his horse and was off the beach, where there were many palms. When he arrived, he saw that he was lucky because the palm trees were full of coconuts. With some difficulty he got into the nearest him and was taking coconuts that was in the cup. When he was finished with it, he did the same with the second palm. And so it went until he had a very large mountain of coconuts. The man was very happy because he had gotten many coconuts. He was putting on his mount, but there were so many that almost did not fit and the poor animal was heavily loaded.
He started walking towards the village, but he was not sure of the path he had taken, he decided to ask a guy that was crossed:
- Hey kid, do you I can ask a question - The young man, who seemed very awake, stood up and replied with a smile?:
- Sure.
- Do you know how long it take to get to the people this way?
The boy looked at the man and then his horse. And after thinking a moment, he replied:
- If you go slow, you get very early. But if you go faster, it will take all day.
And without another word he kept going.
The man was amazed with that answer and did not believe him. He decided to spur his horse to go faster. But after a few meters I had to stop. In the rush, coconuts that stuck were dropped. So he tied the horse and replaced coconuts in place. To make up the time he had lost, he made the horse was still faster. But coconuts fell again, even faster than before. And so it went again and again all the way. Collecting coconuts, did outrun the horse and turned to fall. So when he came to town and it was night.
At home he complained of what it had cost him back and upheld the guy I had crossed. If I had not been in such a hurry, coconuts you have not fallen and had come much earlier.