Decisions

A rider on horse is in a rush to get home. Coming face to face with a swamp, the rider must make a decision whether to go through the swamp or go around it. A young boy stands near the swamp and the rider asks "is there a bottom to this swamp?". The boy replies "yes a very hard bottom" The rider, reassured of the safety of passing through the swamp rides the horse out into the centre. The rider quickly comes to the realization he is sinking. With his head still above water he calls back to the boy "I thought you said it had a hard bottom." The boy yells back "it does. You're just not there yet."