tupid Bet

ome time ago Baron Von Lodge was the head of a small country near Switzerland known as Lilliland.

During the winter months in Lilliland, skating on Lake Lilliland was as popular as skiing down the many Alpine slopes. The ice on the lake was quite thick so that people could walk on many parts of the frozen lake.

Two young men placed a bet with each other on one very cold and icy day. The bet was that one of the young men could ride a horse completely across the lake. The bet was kept a secret between the two men.

Soon after, on one afternoon, one of the men went to the horse rental stable and rented a horse but did not tell anyone where he was going to ride the horse.

The horse’s name was Pinto and was one of the smallest and lightest horses in the stable.

The one man mounted Pinto at the edge of the lake and began to cross the lake on the ice. All was going well until the horse and rider were more than half way across the frozen lake and the man thought that he was going to win the bet.

But things took a turn for the worse. The ice began to crack under the horse’s hooves. The cracks in the ice began to widen and slowly the horse began to slip into the icy water. The rider jumped off and crawled up on the ice but Pinto was underwater except for his head. The situation began to worsen as the Marine Patrol arrived to help rescue Pinto.

The Marine Patrol quickly fastened two life preservers to the horse’s neck to keep his head out of the icy water. Then the Marine Patrol fastened a sturdy rope to the saddle and very slowly began to slide Pinto out of the water.

Pinto was immediately wrapped in warm blankets and taken to the veterinarian’s. After treatment the veterinarian said that he was going to be all right after a rest period of a few days.

The two men were informed that they would never again be allowed to rent any horses. The police took the two men into custody to appear in front of the judge.

The two men were severely fined and required to clean the horse stables for a few months. Both men agreed that it was a stupid bet.