A man has a problem, and he needs money to deal with the problem. Meanwhile, there is no money; where can I get them? The man decided to go to hell and ask for a loan. He comes to him and says:
- Damn, lend me some money.
- What do you need?
- It's bad luck.
- Is it a lot?
- A thousand.
- When will you give it back?
- Tomorrow.
“If you please,” said the devil and counted out a thousand to him. The next day he went to the peasant to collect his debt.
The man tells him:
- Come tomorrow.
On the third day he came. The man again told me to come tomorrow. He walked like this for several days in a row. The man once tells him:
“If you need to come to me often, I will hang a board on my gate and write on it when you should come to collect your debt.”
“Okay,” the devil answered and left.
The man wrote on the board: “Come tomorrow,” and hung it on the gate. The devil came once, came twice - there was still the same inscription on the gate.
“Give me,” he says to himself, “I won’t go to the man tomorrow!”
And he didn’t go.
On the third day he goes to him and sees another inscription on the gate: “Come yesterday.”
- I'm out of luck! - said the devil. - I couldn’t come yesterday; Apparently my money is gone!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru