A young man named Chuck bought a horse from a farmer for $250, and the farmer agreed to deliver it the next day.
The following day, the farmer arrived at Chuck's house and said, "Sorry, but I have some bad news—the horse died."
Chuck replied, "Well, then just give me my money back."
The farmer said, "I can’t do that. I already spent the money."
Chuck said, "Okay, then just bring me the dead horse."
The farmer asked, "What are you going to do with it?"
Chuck said, "I’m going to raffle it off."
The farmer said, "You can’t raffle off a dead horse!"
Chuck said, "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won’t tell anyone it’s dead."
A month later, the farmer ran into Chuck and asked, "What happened with that dead horse?"
Chuck said, "I raffled it off. I sold 500 tickets at five dollars each and made a profit of $2,495."
The farmer asked, "Didn’t anyone complain?"
Chuck said, "Just the guy who won. So I gave him his $5 back."
Chuck grew up and now works for the government.
