A woman was walking along a mountain road. She climbed halfway up the mountain and met a shepherd.
The shepherd tells her:
- Sit down, relax. You are coming from afar.
The woman asks:
- Do you know where I’m coming from?
“I know,” says the shepherd, “you are coming from below.”
The woman was very surprised that he was so smart.
- Right. From below. How did you guess?
The shepherd was also surprised that the woman was so stupid, and said to tease her:
- How can I not know where you live! After all, you and I are old acquaintances.
- Really? — the stupid woman was even more surprised. - Then why don’t you call me by name - Maryamita? Friends always call each other by name.
“That’s right, Maryamitu,” says the shepherd. “If a person doesn’t know you, how can he know that your name is Maryamitu?”
The stupid woman even opened her mouth in surprise.
- Look! - she exclaimed. - After all, this shepherd really knows my name!
He knows everything about me!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru