The caliph lay dying on expensive silk pillows. The doctors agreed that only the shirt of a happy man placed under his head could save him.
The messengers scattered everywhere in search of a happy person, but everyone they asked had only worries and grief. Finally, the messengers met a shepherd who, singing cheerfully, was tending a large flock.
-Are you happy? - they asked him.
- Certainly! — the shepherd answered them with a carefree laugh.
- Then give us your shirt! - the messengers exclaimed.
“Yes, I don’t have one,” answered the shepherd.
The news that the only happy person the messengers met did not have a shirt greatly puzzled the caliph. For three days and three nights he thought. And on the fourth day he ordered that his clothes, silk pillows and precious stones be distributed to the people...
They say that from then on he became a healthy and happy person.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru