In one poor village house a wandering doctor stopped to stay. At night he sighed heavily and turned from side to side. The hostess became concerned and asked:
- Honorable teacher, why aren’t you sleeping?
“I’m not used to sleeping without a carpet.” At home I only sleep on the carpet.
The hostess complained:
– There is no carpet in our poor house!
- That's the problem. Can't you get hold of at least a piece of carpet?
The poor woman went to her friends and returned home with a small torn rug. The doctor took him, tied him to his waist with a rope, turned on his back and slept without moving until dawn.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru