“Purdel, haven’t you learned your lesson?.. There’s no need to cry, you won’t make me feel sorry for you with tears!” Answer the lesson, or I'll whip you!
- I taught!.. But I will still cry. I’m really upset: on the way to school I lost one anna.
[Anna is a small copper coin. Anna and rupee are Indian coins used in Afghanistan.]
- Oh, yes! Here's Anna for you. Now answer the lesson, or I’ll whip you!.. Why are you crying again?
“And it’s even more offensive to me: if I hadn’t lost that Anna, I would now have two!”
- Hm... Get back to your place. Even the padishah doesn’t have enough treasury to console you!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru