A Question of Time

Jubair was tilling his patch of land when a hunter came riding up.

“Hey, you!” said the man. “Did you see a boar run past?”

“Yes,” replied Sumair.

“Which way did it go?” demanded the man.

Sumair pointed in the direction in which the boar had gone.

The man rode away without a word of thanks but he was back within minutes.

“No sign of it!” he said. “Are you sure it went that way?”

“I am certain,” replied Sumair. “It went that way. Two years ago.”