Oooh, are we telling chassidishe maisos? Remember the rules of chassidishe maisos:
1. If it’s spring or summer time, you’re safe. All the stories where someone is in trouble only happen in the winter, when people are freezing.
2. There must be a wagon driver involved.
3. There must be someone imprisoned by the poretz.
4. Every nation used rubles as its currency.
I’m sure there are more rules I’m forgetting.
Yes, the horse usually falls into a ditch.