One Kalmyk's mother died. The Kalmyk asked Gelyung to send his mother’s soul straight to heaven with his prayers.
He took the Gelyung mandzhik boy and went to the Kalmyk’s wagon. He wanted to earn more; For this purpose, he caught an expensive steppe mouse, gave it to the mandzhik and ordered: when they sing a prayer to the one who expels the soul of the old woman, the mandzhik must release the mouse. The Kalmyk will accept the little mouse for the soul of the old woman and will pay more, that’s what the cunning Gelyung decided.
[Gelung is a Buddhist priest among the Kalmyks.]
[Manjik is a novice boy.]
We've arrived. Gelyung began to sing a prayer, and Manjik sang along with him. So Gelyung, instead of praying, sang:
- Let the mouse out, let the mouse out! And the manjik sings in response to him:
- I crushed the mouse, I crushed the mouse! The Gelyung became angry and sang instead of praying:
- Oh, you son of a bitch, oh, you son of a bitch! Just let me get out of here. I'll take your head off!
But the mandzhik was not afraid and sang:
“Try to touch me, I’ll tell all the Kalmyks how you cunningly lead me by the nose.”
The Kalmyk figured out what the Gelyung and Mandzhik were singing about instead of prayer, understood everything and kicked them out of the tent.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru