Tales from the riverbank - a true story of blinkered thinking

摘要

The two farmers sat in their truck, waiting. The older one, already cynical about how the meeting would go, after a lifetime spent dealing with zealous officialdom, impatiently looked at his watch. There were better things they could be doing.The younger farmer, still retaining a degree of hope and optimism, spotted them coming down the drive. "Here they are now," he said.The three men in suits got out of the car. "Sorry we're so late, took us a while to find the place," the leader of the group laughed, while they replaced shoes with wellies - the very expensive designer kind, the younger of the two farmers noted."Shall we go and have a look then?" he said, cheerfully.