The baron and his servant

A tale of humor
‘’Some questions are easy to answer, others are not. Quite often we confronted with very difficult question. In this situation, we should ask a baron to lend us a hand. If a baron is not available, why not try his servant?’’

Many hundreds of years ago there was a Baron who owned a carriage. He had a very high opinion of himself, for whenever he saw anyone driving or riding towards him an the highway, he shouted in an angry voice, “Get off the road! Get off the road! Here comes the Baron!”.
One day he saw someone coming in this direction and, although he was a long way from him, he roared as usual, “Get off the road! “. But the man kept on driving, for he was the King.
The Baron was deeply embarrassed and, for the first time in his life, turned his horse to the side of the road “Pardon me, Your Majesty”, he said, his black hat in his hand, “I… er… I… didn’t mean to offend you…”
The King was furios, “I’ve never seen such as insolent Baron! Nobody has ever insulted me like that! Come to the court tomorrow. I’m going to ask you three questions. If you do not answer therm correctly, I’ll cut off your head.”
The poor Baron was desperate. He went to his servant, who, everyone thought, had a better head on his shoulders than the Baron.
“I’m not going there tomorrow,” he sold. “The King has already sent many men to death. I want to keep my body and soul together.” Then he asked his servant to go in his place.
“All right,” answered the servant. “Give me your frock coat and your hat.”
The next day the servant, wearing the Baron’s clothes, drove to the royal palace. The Kings was waiting for him at the porch.
“So you have come, eh?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Are you ready to answer my questions?”
“With God’s help, yes.”
“Very well,” said the King. “Now tell me, how far is it from east to west?” The King smiled at the servant.
The servant smiled back at the King. “That’s east, Your Majesty. It’s a day’s journey.”
“How do you know? Have you ever