One day a man passed by a ranch and saw a beautiful horse. Hoping to buy the animal, he said to the rancher: “I think your horse looks pretty good, so I’ll give you $500 for him.”

“He doesn’t look so good, and he’s not for sale,” the rancher said.

The man insisted, “I think he looks just fine and I’ll up the price to $1,000.”

“He doesn’t look so good,” the rancher said, “but if you want him that much, he’s yours.”

The next day the man came back raging mad. He went up to the rancher and screamed, “You sold me a blind horse. You cheated me!”

The rancher calmly replied, “I told you he didn’t look so good, didn’t I?”