Once upon a time there lived a master alone, and that master had barracks. One day he went to check how the farmhands were coping with their work. He goes and goes and met the devil; So the Devil followed the master.
They walk and see a peasant plowing the land with a horse-drawn plow for sowing.
- Hey, damn it, let's go! - the man shouts at the horse.
The master says to the devil:
- Rejoice, they are giving you the horse, take it!
The devil answers:
“Well, he’s just saying that, not from the heart.”
They go further and see a peasant’s wife sowing bread; and her baby lies in the cradle and cries.
Mother says:
- Damn it, I haven’t calmed down today either!
The master says to the devil:
- Rejoice, they are giving you a child, take it!
“He won’t give up the child, he’s just saying that, intimidating.”
Just then the mother took the child in her arms, hugged him, caressed him, and kissed him.
They go further and see farm laborers working.
The master's farmhands saw him and muttered:
- Damn it, he's come again!
The devil says to the master:
- Rejoice that he takes you, they wish with all their hearts! - he picked it up and took it with him.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru