All the way to Lhasa

A man on a horse is on the road to the city of Lhasa. He sees an old woman and asks her how far it is to the city. Very far, she tells him. You will never make it there by evening. The man on the horse speeds on his way. A boy walking with his yak is on the road to Lhasa. He sees an old woman and asks how far it is to the city. She tells him, Very far, but you can make it by night. The boy walks faithfully on. Eventually he comes across a man asleep with his horse on the side of the road, and he wants to stop with the exhausted pair, but he continues on. And he makes it to Lhasa.

A lovely gentle story with lots to teach us all set in Tibet.