It is told that in ancient times, in one of the small kingdoms, there lived a king who loved hunting in the forests. This king had a minister specialized in the state of the weather. So if the king wanted to go out one day to hunt, he would ask the minister first after ordering him to look at the state of the weather.
He would go to strike the divination arrows and read the paths of the stars until he returned to the king with certain news. On that basis, the king would go out or remain in his palace. Then came a day when the king wished to go out to hunt in the company of his wife the queen and his daughter the princess, so that they could witness his skill in hunting and to entertain them.
The king ordered the minister to inform him of the state of the weather so that he could arrange for the outing. The minister said to him: The weather is wonderful today, my master, and very suitable for going out. The king went out in his procession in the company of the princess and the queen. When they penetrated deep into the heart of the forest, the weather suddenly changed. The winds began to strike the procession, hurricanes and clouds swept the sky, and suddenly rain fell and dust spread. The king’s procession was distressed, and the princess and queen fell in the mud and mire. This provoked the king’s anger and made him resent his minister, who did not know of the bad weather and its change.
While the king was returning to his palace, he saw on the outskirts of the forest a cabin of a poor woodcutter from which smoke came out. He knocked on the door, and the woodcutter opened for him. The king asked him: Why did you not go out to gather firewood, O woodcutter? The woodcutter answered: O my master, how can I go out to work on a stormy day like this! I knew that the weather today would be bad, so I stayed at my house.
The king wondered how the poor woodcutter knew a matter like this! He quickly asked the woodcutter how he knew that. He answered him: From this donkey!! The king said in astonishment: How is that?
The woodcutter said: Every day when I wake up, I look at this donkey. If his ears are standing up, I know that the weather is bad and overcast with clouds. If his ears are down, I know that the weather is gentle and beautiful. The king looked at his minister with anger and said to him: You are dismissed. He ordered that the woodcutter be given a large reward and took his donkey from him. After that, the king issued a royal decree appointing the donkey as minister of weather instead of the old minister. From that time, donkeys have held high positions in the kingdom.
Summary: When there is an absence of logical rules that can be referred to for judging things, and when judgment in matters depends only on whims, expect anything to happen, even the fourth of impossibilities.