One peasant loaded a sack of wheat onto a camel and took it to the mill. And he himself had never been to the mill before.
So the peasant arrived, took off his wheat and, without hesitation, poured it into the mill chute. All the wheat was washed away with water! The peasant did not pay attention to this, he thought it was so. He came to the miller and said:
- Well, give me my flour!
- What kind of flour? Are you crazy or what? I have never seen your wheat! Apparently you've smoked hashish, buddy...
[Hashish is a narcotic mixture similar in its effect to opium.]
The peasant was surprised, but there was nothing to do. He went to his camel. But the camel is not there: someone stole it.
The poor fellow was completely saddened and trudged home. He came, and his family asked him:
- Where is the flour?
- The water carried away...
-Where is the camel?
- And they took the camel as payment for grinding!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru