A gentleman and a man met on the road.
- Man, where are you from?
- From afar, master!
- Where from?
- From Rostov city, and master Tolstoy.
- Is the city big?
- I didn’t measure it.
- Are you strong?
- I didn’t fight.
- What does it cost?
- Rye and oats in bags, tobacco in horns, gingerbread in shops, rolls in sleds.
- What did you go for?
— To buy something on the road: to buy a measure of peas.
- This is good!
- Okay, but not much!
- So what?
- I drove and scattered it.
- This is bad!
- It’s bad, but not very strong!
- So what?
- I scattered the measure, but there were two rakes!
- But this is good!
- Okay, but not much!
- So what?
- I sowed it, but it’s rare.
- This is bad!
- It’s bad, but not very strong!
- So what?
- Although rare, it’s a pod!
- This is good!
- Okay, not really!
- So what?
“The priest’s pigs got into the habit of trampling peas and trampling them, and they trampled them.”
- So bad!
- It’s bad, but not very strong!
- So what?
“I killed the priest’s pigs and salted two vats of fresh meat.”
- This is good!
- Okay, but not much!
- So what?
“The priest’s dogs got into the habit of dragging and dragging fresh meat and pulled it out.
- This is bad!
- It’s bad, but not very strong!
- So what?
“I killed those dogs and sewed a fur coat for my wife.”
- This is good!
- Okay, but not much!
- So what?
“My wife walked past the priest’s yard; Pop found out and took off his fur coat.
- This is bad!
- It’s bad, but not very strong!
- So what?
“I sued and sued the priest, I let go of a gray gelding and a red cow - so my business burned out.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru