There once lived a king who had no children. And so he sent his nazi viziers to find a smart boy to adopt and make him an heir.
The Nazir-viziers walked around the country, saw many different boys, but they did not like any of them. Осталось им побывать только в маленькой деревушке на
edge of the kingdom. They came there and on the threshold of a poor shack they saw
boy.
The Nazir Vizier asked the boy where his father was.
“Life sows,” he answers.
— How does “life sow”? - the viziers are surprised.
— He sows grain in the field. Соберёт урожай, будет чем жить! Then the Nazir Vizier asked the boy where his mother was.
— Слёзы в долг отдаёт,— отвечает он.
— Как это «слёзы в долг отдаёт» ? - The viziers are surprised again.
— А вот так: сосед у нас помер, мать пошла его оплакивать. А когда она помрёт, соседи её оплачут.
The viziers asked the boy to bring them some food and pour them some wine, and he said:
— Сначала коней к лозам привяжите, тогда налью вина.
The viziers walked around everything - there was no vineyard anywhere. Вернулись они к мальчику и говорят:
- There is no vineyard or vine anywhere!
— Так откуда же взяться у нас вину?
The viziers liked the resourceful, smart boy, and they liked his sensible words.
“Such a smart boy deserves to be the heir,” they said and took him to the king.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru