One merchant gave his son one abbasi every day and said:
- Take it, son, take care and try to save money.
The son threw this money into the water. The father found out about this, but said nothing. The son did nothing, did not work, ate and drank at his father’s house.
One day a merchant said to his relatives:
- If my son comes to you and asks for money, don’t give it.
Then he called his son and addressed him with the words:
“Go earn the money yourself, bring it, and I’ll see what it’s like that you’ve earned.”
The son went to his relatives and began to ask for money, but they refused him. Then he was forced to take a job as a laborer. All day the son stirred the lime with his bare feet and, having received one abbasi, brought this money to his father. Father said:
- Well, son, now go and throw the money you earned into the water.
The son replied:
- Father, how can I throw them away? Don't you know what torment I suffered because of them? My toes still burn from the lime. No, I won’t be able to throw them away, my hand won’t rise.
The father replied:
“How many times have I given you one abbasi, and you took it away and calmly threw it into the water?” Did you think that this money came to me for nothing, without difficulty? That’s it, son, until you work, you won’t know the value of work.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru