Moishe bought a donkey from an old peasant for one hundred dollars. The peasant was to bring him the donkey the next day. The peasant came as agreed, but without the donkey.
- Sorry, but the donkey is dead.
- Well, then return my hundred dollars!
- I can’t - I’ve already spent them.
- Okay, then just leave me the donkey.
- But what will you do with him? - asked the old man.
- I'll play it in the lottery.
“But you can’t play the lottery with a dead donkey!”
- I can, believe me. I just won't tell anyone that he's dead.
A month later, the peasant met Moisha.
-What happened to that dead donkey?
“I played him like I said.” I sold five hundred lottery tickets at two dollars each and ended up making $998 in profit.
- So, no one protested?
- Only one guy. The one who won the donkey. He got very angry. Well, I just gave him back his two dollars.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru