In ancient times, there was a rich house in one village. Many generations have passed in it, but the cup has always remained the most valuable treasure of that house. It was a very beautiful cup - made of green porcelain with a blue tint. Sometimes in the evenings the owner took his cup out of a special box and admired it.
One day a rich man went to a tavern to feast with friends. It was a great dinner! The rich man ate to his fill, and the owner brought and brought all the treats. And whatever the treat is, it certainly lies in a beautiful bowl.
The rich man became curious and decided to take a closer look at the master's cups. He took one and clicked his tongue with pleasure; he took another and nodded his head in approval. I took the third one - but in surprise, I sat there with my mouth open and remained. That cup was like two peas in a pod like his own! And also made of green porcelain with a blue tint!
The rich man stared at the cup and couldn’t look away! And then my friends noticed the cup. They began to pass it from hand to hand and praise it:
- What a wonderful thing! - I have never seen anything like it in my life! - I bet there is no other cup like it in the world! The rich man listened to his friends, listened, and he himself lost his mind from anger. I finally came to my senses. He called the owner and said:
“I want, my dear, to buy this cup from you!” I’ll pay whatever you want, I won’t regret anything! Name the price!
The owner of the tavern bowed respectfully, and then said: “Forgive me generously, but I cannot sell this cup.” I got it from my father, and my father from my grandfather. Many generations of our family kept it as the most valuable thing!
The rich man became completely angry: “I don’t care about this!” - shouts. “I want to buy a cup and I’ll buy it!” He thrust 30 gold coins into the owner’s hand. Before everyone had time to blink an eye, the rich man grabbed a cup made of green porcelain with a blue tint, raised it high above his head, and how he threw it on the floor! The cup shattered into small pieces!
The owner screamed, the guests jumped up from their seats, and the rich man smiled and rubbed his hands!
“I won’t tolerate,” he says, “for anyone else in the world to have such a cup!” A cup made of green porcelain with a blue tint is a treasure only in my home!
The rich man returned home in the evening joyful and went straight to the treasured box. “Now,” he thinks, “I’ll look at my cup.” He opened the box and fell unconscious. And when he woke up, he saw that there were fragments of a broken green porcelain cup lying in a drawer, and among them were 30 gold coins, the same ones that he paid to the owner of the tavern.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru