The Khoja had two wives. He gave each of them blue beads and ordered them not to show them to the other.
“This is a sign of my love,” said the Khoja.
But one day they both attacked the Khoja and shouted:
-Which of us do you love more, to whom are you more drawn?
Khoja replied:
“The one with blue beads is the one I love more.”
The women calmed down, and each, thinking in her heart: “He loves me more,” considered herself superior to her friend.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru